NEL Class 2
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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:
Preplanning proposal:
- Coming soon
Planning application
- Coming soon
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August 22, 2010 at 7:34 pm |
What does NEL stand for?
August 22, 2010 at 7:38 pm |
Near Earth / Lunar