1. USNA Next Generation Ground Station
Capstone Design Project

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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