Design of a Multi-mission Satellite Ground Station for Education and Research

Author

Fischer, Michael ; Scholtz, Arpad L.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Radio-Freq. Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2010

fDate

13-19 June 2010

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

63

Abstract

Satellite space missions need ground stations for mission control and data communication. In this paper we present a modular ground station, which will be used for nano and pico satellites. The frequency bands initially supported are VHF, UHF, and S-band around 145 MHz, 435 MHz, and 2.3 GHz, respectively. We present a flexible, layered approach, which is ideally suited for multiple missions and allows for the addition of further frequency bands and missions. Furthermore, it allows seamless inclusion of the ground station in ground station networks. The ground station is designed for research as well as education and training of students.

Keywords

satellite ground stations; S-band; UHF; VHF; data communication; frequency 145 MHz; frequency 2.3 GHz; frequency 435 MHz; frequency bands; mission control; modular ground station; multimission satellite ground station; nano satellites; pico satellites; satellite space missions; Artificial satellites; Control engineering education; Frequency; Ground support; Low earth orbit satellites; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Space missions; Space stations; Space technology; LEO; education; ground station; ground station network; low earth orbit; satellite;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Satellite and Space Communications (SPACOMM), 2010 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7275-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPACOMM.2010.13

Filename

5502585