Communications
Communications, often shortened to Comms, is responsible for sending and receiving data from the satellite to the ground station. Sent data contains information about the experiment, system health data, and location of the satellite while received data has commands from the operator that will tell.
Responsibilities:
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Sending and receiving data to and from the ground station
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Relaying information to CDH
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Skills used in Comms:
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Knowledge of radio transmissions
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Programming
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Circuit design
Carlos Zamorano
Communications Team Lead
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COMMS
What We are currently working on
Currently, we are working on more fully developing subsystem verification test procedures for the transceiver and antenna. In parallel, unit verification testing will continue for each component. In the future, we will also be working closely with CDH to integrate the the system and define communication protocols between the satellite and ground. Lastly, the team is going to be working with commercial ground station networks to receive link service and help with FCC licensing.