Ground Segment

A critical part of every space mission lies in the ability of the ground segment to contact the satellite to transmit telecommands and to receive the scientific yield and/or telemetry data the system has acquired. The NanoSat Lab currently operates an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) / Very High Frequency (VHF) Ground Station (GS), and an S-Band Ground Station in the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM), owned and operated by IEEC.

The NanoSat Lab Montsec Ground Station is equipped with TX/RX Yagi antennas for Amateur Band VHF/UHF (144-145 MHz / 435-438 MHz frequencies), and S-Band RX at the commercial band (2200-2290 MHz) with a 3-meter dish. All antennas are controlled by an automated software in charge of scheduling and data retrieval through an optical fiber connection to our Barcelona Operation Center. A REST API is used to interface with the Operation Center to request passes or download retrieved data.