Planning and Building a Ground station for Satellite Communication
To gather data, but also to operate satellites communication infrastructure on the ground is required. While there is a great ground station network provided by KSAT in the arctic regions, it would be beneficial to have access to a local ground station to train students, listen to weather satellites and operate our own satellite, CENSSat-1.
In this thesis project you will work with setting up a ground station at ITS,
- defining requirements,
- identifying suitable equipment, based on SatNOGS – Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations
- set up and test and verify the equipment on the top floor and roof of the ITS building.
- demonstrate data readout from a satellite in orbit (such as Hypso2 or an amateur radio satellite, or a weather satellite)
Based on the SatNOGS – Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations project, you should investigate how this system can be extended to facilitate S-band communication, or if a separate setup is necessary.
This project can be either 30 (requirements, concept and setup preparations only) or 60 credits, with 60 credits preferred.