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TRANSMITTER ARCHITECTURE
RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE
POSSIBLE GROUND STATIONS
These are the ground stations found to buy for S-band communications.
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| Company | Price (€) | Frequency bands (MHz) | Antenna size (m) | Antenna gain (dBi) | RX noise figure (dBi) | Installation | Onsite mantainance | Onsite training of personnel | Other | Info | |
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| Full Ground Station Kit for S-band | ISIS | 52,500.00 | 143 – 148 432 – 440 2200 - 2500 | 3 | 35.4 | 0.9 | Onsite | Yes | Yes | Combined UHF/VHF/S-band | https://www.isispace.nl/product/full-ground-station-kit-s-band/ https://www.isispace.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ISIS.GSK_.DS_.01.01_V2.2.1.pdf |
| UHF/VHF/S-Band Ground Station Kit (TRL 9*) | Nanoavionics | 25,150 € (basic) | 1.5 | ≈ 30 | - | - | - | - | Combined UHF/VHF/S-band | https://n-avionics.com/cubesat-components/ground-station-kits/cubesat-uhf-vhf-s-band-ground-station-kit/ | |
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| Multi-Mission Ground Segments (TRL 9*) | Surrey Satellite Technology | 3-7.3 | ≈ 30-43 | Yes | Yes? | Yes | Surrey-produced software for command and control, S-band telemetry and telecommand, S- and X-band payload downlink | https://www.sst-us.com/downloads/datasheets/1348-sstl-ground-segment-datasheet_web.pdf |
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Commercial ground station specifications
KSAT
Data acquisition-High data rate modem
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