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Gabriel Mariano Marcelino edited this page Jul 19, 2019 · 16 revisions

FloripaSat GRS Wiki

Ground Station (GRS) is the communication module of FloripaSat-I on Earth. It's responsible for communicating with the satellite and is composed by hardware and software. The components include antenna, transceiver, filters, amplifiers and a personal computer, with an orbital-prediction software (GQRX) and a custom mission control program.

Software

To decode the received data, a custom software is used. It is called FloripaSat-GRS and can receive packets in real time or from a recorded audio file.

This software can also transmit telecommands to the satellite.