Journal of Aerospace System Engineering (항공우주시스템공학회지)
- Volume 6 Issue 4
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- Pages.34-39
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- 2012
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- 1976-6300(pISSN)
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- 2508-7150(eISSN)
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Design of Ground Station System for CubeSat STEP Cube Lab.
큐브위성 STEP Cube Lab.의 지상국 시스템 설계
Abstract
CubeSats classified as pico-class satellite require a ground station to track the satellite, transmit a command, and receive an on-orbit data such as SOH (State-of-Health) and mission data according to the operation plan. For this, ground station system has to be properly designed to perform a communication to with the satellite with enough up- and down-link budgets. In this study, a conceptual design of the ground station has been performed for the CubeSat named as STEP Cube Lab. (Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Project). The paper includes a ground station hardware interface design, link budget analysis and a ground station software realization. In addition, the operation plan of the ground station has been established considering the STEP Cube Lab. mission requirements.