
Ground Station
Contents
- What is Ground Station?
- References & Further Reading
What is a Ground Station?
Ground stations are ground-based installations or computer software that play a vital role in communicating with air and space vehicles. These stations, which can be located anywhere in Earth, are used to communicate and control various airborne and spaceborne vehicles such as unmanned aerial vehicles, satellites, and spacecraft. This communication is a fundamental requirement to ensure the safe and effective operation of vehicles.
Key features that ground stations must maintain include command and control, telemetry, monitoring, and data transfer. The command and control function involves directing the movements of vehicles by sending them instructions. Telemetry collects and analyzes data from vehicles, providing information about the status and performance of vehicles. Tracking functions enable standards to change their route and information. Data transfer provides continuous or periodic data communication between vehicles and the station, ensuring up-to-date information records and controlling the station’s vehicles.
The basic systems of ground stations include antennas, receivers, transmitters, and computers and software for data processing. Antennas are used to distribute and transmit while receivers are used to distribute receivers and transmitters. Computers and software process and analyze incoming data and produce commands.
Combining all these products, it is possible to ensure that ground stations provide control by reliably transmitting information from air and space. In this way, it enables the provision of research and services in meteorology, telecommunications, and many other fields.
References & Further Reading
- DUTlab, DUTlab VENÜS Project, 2021