A flexible ground segment for small satellite operationsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: IAC 2021 Congress Proceedings, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, International Astronautical Federation (IAF) , 2021, article id 65716Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
With the launch of the first CubeSat a trend of easy access to Low Earth Orbit was started. Today many educational institutes around the world design, build and operate CubeSats for educational as well as scientific purposes. This paper presents designs and development in hardware and software made to achieve a flexible ground segment at the Luleå University of Technology Space Campus in Kiruna, Sweden. The existing ground station is adapted to support more frequencies and modes of operation to enable future satellite projects at the university easy access to space communications. New equipment has been procured and integrated with existing equipment in a new location using a 19-inch server rack. The article presents a ground segment design using software-defined radio to promote flexibility and adaptability. A in-house developed sequence control board is presented that enables the ground station to quickly switch between full duplex and half-duplex modes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) , 2021. article id 65716
Keywords [en]
Ground segment, Space communication, Software-defined radio
National Category
Aerospace Engineering
Research subject
Onboard space systems; Signal Processing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-87933Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85127590311OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-87933DiVA, id: diva2:1612290
Conference
72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 25-29, 2021
2021-11-172021-11-172023-09-04Bibliographically approved