USNA Next Generation Ground Station 2015-16 Capstone Design Project

Satellite Ground Station USNA operates and maintains SGS Provides limited satellite communication link APRS (automated packet reporting system) based – amateur radio UHF/VHF Yagi antennas Limited downlink but no uplink capability 3 meter dish, 12 meter dish 12m dish not currently functional neither has automatic tracking capability Midshipmen currently get very limited satellite operations experiences 3m dish 12 m dish

Mobile CubeSat Command and Control (MC3) MC3 Mission Operations Center (MOC) will increase satellite operations education capability at USNA Enhance the MC3 network by adding an MC3 node on the east coast Opportunities for collaborative research in improving comm sat capability among the members in the MC3 network

Capstone Project Goals Install, Configure, and Setup new USNA Ground Station Connect and establish remote control with MC3 network Setup Ground Station software interfaces with all current flying USNA satellites Using COSMOS open source software Work with each Capstone Team and Setup Ground Station software to interface with their satellites when they get launched Create Training and User Manuals for future Capstone Teams to setup their own interfaces Validate and Check-out System using On-orbit assets or High Altitude Balloon payloads.

Who are we looking for? Likes coding (at least not afraid of it) Willing to learn something new and expand your toolbox of Aero/Astro knowledge Team Oriented Will be working with every other capstone team to define their Telemetry and Commanding Requirements and Setup