Difference between revisions of "Satellite Operator Guide"
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=== Frequency === | === Frequency === | ||
| − | First you need to know if you want to use a | + | First you need to know if you want to use a radio amateur frequency. This kind of frequency obeay to special rules : no commercial use, and the satellite must be used by the radio amateur community more than 20% of it time. The service from the satellite can be a repeater, or any other experiment. |
| − | You need to ask the AMSAT of your country to help you to get a | + | You need to ask the AMSAT of your country to help you to get a radio amateur frequency coordination from IARU your allocation. |
| − | It will take time : | + | It will take time : usually between one year and six months. |
| − | If you | + | If you don't ask for an IARU coordination, the launcher of your satellite will not allow you to launch the satellite. In the past this was allowed, but today it's no more possible. |
=== Open your transmissions === | === Open your transmissions === | ||
| − | To comply with regulations, you will need to make | + | To comply with regulations, you will need to make publicly available all the TM packet format, we advise you to use a Kaitai Struct for it. |
| − | You also need to give any gnuradio flow chart that are | + | You also need to give any gnuradio flow chart that are useful to receive your data, and any picture decoder software if available. The preferred programming language for them is python. It's also a good practice to give raw recording of transmission to be able to test all the software chain. |
Revision as of 15:47, 4 June 2019
Early stage of the project
You need to get in touch with the AMSAT of your country.
Frequency
First you need to know if you want to use a radio amateur frequency. This kind of frequency obeay to special rules : no commercial use, and the satellite must be used by the radio amateur community more than 20% of it time. The service from the satellite can be a repeater, or any other experiment.
You need to ask the AMSAT of your country to help you to get a radio amateur frequency coordination from IARU your allocation. It will take time : usually between one year and six months.
If you don't ask for an IARU coordination, the launcher of your satellite will not allow you to launch the satellite. In the past this was allowed, but today it's no more possible.
Open your transmissions
To comply with regulations, you will need to make publicly available all the TM packet format, we advise you to use a Kaitai Struct for it. You also need to give any gnuradio flow chart that are useful to receive your data, and any picture decoder software if available. The preferred programming language for them is python. It's also a good practice to give raw recording of transmission to be able to test all the software chain.
