NEL Class 2

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NEL Class 2 hardware typical installation

myGroundStations.com NEL Class 2 ground station – a containerised uplink and downlink ground station for high-speed or low strength nano-satellite communication links.

These ground stations support 2m, 70cm, L, S and X-band two-way communications with spacecraft.

Antennas:

• Steerable
• 70cm Yagi
• 2m Yagi
• 60cm S-band parabolic
• 4.5m L/S/X-band parabolic

Data throughput:

• up to 1Mbps
• typical 360MB per satellite per day decoded data
• maximum 8.6GB per day (24 hour utilisation) decoded data

Expected cost:

• Less than GBP 13000 / EUR 16000 / USD 20000

Radios:

• 4 x myGroundStations.com soft radio and/or
• 2 x ICOM 910H
• 2 x Yaesu FT817-ND

Software:

• myGroundStations.com scheduler
• myGroundStations.com baseband store and forward client
• myGroundStations.com soft terminal node controller client
• GENSO GSS client

Locations:

• Sufficient to provide at least 3 hours a day contact with a 700km low earth orbit spacecraft or 12 hours a day contact with a lunar mission
• At least three distributed 120 degrees around the globe

You can download the KML file for viewing in Google Earth by clicking here.

Case Study – NEL44

NEL44 is hosted by the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

Proposal for observatory:

• 0100512_AProposalForALEOClass12andNELGroundStation

Preplanning proposal:

• Coming soon

Planning application

• Coming soon

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