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A satellite ground station is made up from different parts. The following diagram can help you select your setup based on your needs and/or your existing setup.
 
A satellite ground station is made up from different parts. The following diagram can help you select your setup based on your needs and/or your existing setup.
  
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! Network
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! Software
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| Gpredict & Gqrx
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| Commercial Rotator
 
| Commercial Rotator
| Radio
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| Transceiver
 
| Helical
 
| Helical
 
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| Proprietary software
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| No rotator
 
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Revision as of 14:08, 16 October 2015

Intro

So you want to build a satellite ground station, great! Here you can find all info to get you started.

Options

A satellite ground station is made up from different parts. The following diagram can help you select your setup based on your needs and/or your existing setup.

Note: You would need to select any option from the following table by combining rows


Control Software Host Software Host Computer Rotator Radio Antenna
SatNOGS Network SatNOGS Client Embedded PC SatNOGS Rotator SDR Yagi
Other Software Commercial Rotator Transceiver Helical
No rotator Vertical