CubeSats are a fantastic engineering project touching so many aspects of engineering.\u00a0 AIAA OC Section is developing a CubeSat project for high school students.\u00a0 We had the privilege of attending a presentation by Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari at\u00a0AIAA OC Section.\u00a0\u00a0 He suggested we start with the ground station – which is an excellent place\u00a0as it requires\u00a0research to determine what satellites exist, how to track, frequencies and modulation used and so much more.\u00a0 Below are links to our article on how to build your own ground station as well as presentations we made at ASAT 2015<\/p>\n
Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station<\/strong><\/p>\n This article explains how to use a $20 Software Defined Radio, a Low Noise Amplifier, a home built antenna, your PC and free software to build a simple Satellite ground station.\u00a0 You can listen to NOAA satellites and receive weather pictures as well as listen to CubeSats and Amateur Radio operators talking through the OSCAR (Orbital Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio)<\/p>\n How to build your own simple and inexpensive ground station<\/a><\/p>\n AIAA OC Rocketry Presentations from ASAT 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n The first presentation explains the AIAA OC Sections CubeSat project (in planning during 2015).\u00a0 The second presentation shows the ground station with some videos with the ground station in action.<\/p>\n Engaging High School Students in\u00a0a CubeSat Project<\/a> (3MB PDF)<\/p>\n Building a Simple Ground Station<\/a>\u00a0(11MB PPT – be patient – uses videos below)<\/p>\n Video:\u00a0 NOAA Weather Satellite<\/a>\u00a0 (26MB – used in above PPT)<\/p>\n Video:\u00a0 Slow Scan TV from ISS<\/a>\u00a0 (21MB – used in above PPT)<\/p>\n Video: UKube-1 (Funcube\u00a02\/AO-73)<\/a>\u00a0 (17MB – used in above PPT)<\/p>\n Video:\u00a0 Fuji-Oscar 29 (JAS-2)<\/a> (26MB – used in above PPT)<\/p>\n For the actual CubeSat, the LibreCube<\/a> is the current forerunner as being both functional and affordable\u00a0 LibreCube is an open source CubeSat project in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CubeSats are a fantastic engineering project touching so many aspects of engineering.\u00a0 AIAA OC Section is developing a CubeSat project for high school students.\u00a0 We had the privilege of attending a presentation by Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari at\u00a0AIAA OC Section.\u00a0\u00a0 He suggested we start with the ground station – which is an excellent place\u00a0as it requires\u00a0research … Continue reading CubeSats<\/span>