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Communications Systems

Talking to space, and making sure it talks back. Our Communications team builds and tests the systems that transmit, receive and keep the mission in sync.

01About COMMS

RF link, antennas and ground segment.

  • RF engineering
  • Antenna design
  • Link budgets
  • SDR
  • Ground stations
  • 5Members
  • 2Leaders
  • 5Responsibilities
  • 5Engineering areas

02Video

InsideCOMMS.

A look inside Communications Systems: the people, the work, and their part of LISAT-01.

Video coming soon

03Team

The peoplebehind COMMS.

5 people building Communications Systems.

Radar sweep showing tracked vesselsGround segment · render

04Ground segment / COMMS

Our part ofthe mission.

The Communications Systems department ensures that the CubeSat correctly transmits and receives the information the mission depends on.

The department is divided into two main areas: antenna design and RF systems.

On LISAT-01

Closes the link between the spacecraft and the ground stations that receive LISAT-01 telemetry and AIS data.

In the flight systemCloses the RF link to the ground stations that receive telemetry and AIS data.

R.01Link budget analysis
R.02Antenna design and characterisation
R.03RF front-end selection and testing
R.04Ground station operation and support
R.05Communications documentation and verification

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