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Is set up a groundstation for #satellite telemetry difficult or expensive?
No, not at all!!!
https://www.tog.ie/2022/02/building-a-tinygs-station/
Not your thing to build this just by yourself?
And you live in #belgium ?
Then you are in luck. A workshop on exactly that will come to a #hamradio conference near you.
www.tog.ieBuilding a TinyGS Station – Tog Hackerspace
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Nearly every ground station 
experienced some kind of failure:
• Wrong configuration
• Incorrect pointing coordinates
• An unexpected loss of a power amplifier the day before our launch
• Interference from a recently built cell tower that, although not in our frequency band, created enough noise to disrupt communications
• Insufficient mid-path gain, meaning weak signals were not getting to our radio receiver
https://www.astroforge.com/updates/odint-mission-debrief
www.astroforge.comAstroForge | Odin't: A Complete Debrief of Our Deep Space Mission
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#Athena was communicating with controllers and generating solar power, officials said. But 20 minutes after touchdown, Crain still was unable to confirm if everything was all right with the lander. #NASA and #IntuitiveMachines abruptly ended their live landing webcast, promising more updates at a news conference later in the afternoon https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-nasa-intuitive-machines-athena-cf4a88baa6644fb381dbaea497001d51
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During the #IM2 mission, the #4G cell 
network will allow for #communication between the lander and the two vehicles. But #Nokia has plans for a more expansive 4G or 5G cell network that can cover the planned #Artemis habitat and its surroundings. The company is also working on integrating cell communications in Axiom #spacesuits meant for future lunar #astronauts 
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111984/nokia-is-putting-the-first-cellular-network-on-the-moon
#SpaceCommunication https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:space
MIT Technology Review · Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon
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Transporting #data 
at rates up to 100 times higher than radio frequencies by #laser https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-laser-comms-demo-makes-deep-space-record-completes-first-phase/
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)NASA’s Laser Comms Demo Makes Deep Space Record, Completes First PhaseThe Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars’ farthest distance from Earth.
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With the increase in human and #robotic 
exploration, we must provide Position, Navigation 
and Timing 
services anywhere on the Moon 
. We must also enable #wireless communication https://navlab.stanford.edu/research/LunarPNT
Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) LabPositioning, Navigation and Timing for Space Robotics
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#Starlink hosts more than 10,000 laser communications systems on orbit. Those lasers can sustain 100 Gbps connection per link. #VastSpace and #SpaceX announced in May 2023 a plan to launch #Haven1 as soon as 
August 2025. The commercial station would feature the ability to spin and generate enough centripetal force to create the equivalent of #gravity on the Moon. https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/space-symposium/vast-space-station-use-spacex-starlink-laser-comms
aviationweek.comVast Space Station To Use SpaceX Starlink Laser Comms | Aviation Week NetworkVast plans to integrate SpaceX’s Starlink laser communication system into its commercial space station, Haven-1, scheduled for launch in 2025.
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC): NASA tests Laser
Radio frequency based deep space communication faces constraints due to low bandwidth and increasing need of high data transmission rates............
#DeepSpace #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunications #DSOC #laser #Optical #Psyche #spacecommunication
Umesh Prasad
Within the next few years, a new #communications infrastructure will unfold for the Moon . Shackleton Crater is deeper than the #GrandCanyon. Extremes at the South Pole present challenges for establishing wireless networks like #WiFi and #5G. #Earth 
is only visible for roughly two weeks of each month. #Nasa has funded #Nokia to demonstrate a #4G link on the #IM2 mission, which will be the first #cellular network on the #Moon https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240308-talking-on-the-moon-the-quest-to-establish-lunar-wifi
BBC · Talking on the Moon: The quest to establish a lunar mobile phone network
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC): NASA tests Laser
Radio frequency based deep space communication faces constraints due to low bandwidth and increasing need of high data transmission rates............
#DeepSpace #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunications #DSOC #laser #Optical #Psyche #spacecommunication
Umesh Prasad
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#Nokia : The #lunar 4G/LTE system will have two primary components. The base station unit will be integrated directly into #IntuitiveMachines’ spacecraft, the #NovaC lander. The second will form a network that will allow the vehicles and lander to #communicate with one another. A powerful direct-to-#Earth radio connection from the lander will provide a link home https://www.nokia.com/about-us/newsroom/articles/inside-look-at-nokia-moon-mission/
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The same equipment used for #interplanetary communications could allow pairs of stellar #gravitational lenses to facilitate energy transmission over #interstellar 
distances. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-civilizations-gravitational-lenses-transmit-power.html
#InternetSociety #Interplanetary chapter : "Especially as #commercialization of #space progresses, the need for a #SpaceInternet that is open, trusted and trustworthy are challenges that must be addressed" https://www.ipnsig.org
#Galactic Internet made possible by star gravitational lensing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576512002780
Phys.org · Civilizations could use gravitational lenses to transmit power from star to star
#SCMP 17 Oct, 2023 “The #data rate in this test reached 10 gigabytes per second, which is more than 10 times higher than that of the #radio-frequency links traditionally used for #satellite 
communication” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3238098/chinese-satellite-company-tests-data-transfer-ground-station-mounted-vehicle
South China Morning Post · Chinese satellite firm tests data transfer to ground station on vehicleCGST sends remote sensing images from Jilin-1 satellite in orbit to optical telescope at 10Gbps but WeChat post does not reveal telescope’s aperture or pointing accuracy, or what kind of vehicle was used.
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#Psyche : The test periods for the #DeepSpace Optical Communications technology demonstration are indicated with dots https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/press-kits/psyche/mission
#DSOC operations are planned for about two years, beginning roughly 20 days after launch. The 5.1-meter Hale #Telescope 
at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory* in San Diego County, #California, will receive the downlinked high-rate data from the DSOC flight laser https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/press-kits/psyche/dsoc
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https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Palomar+Observatory&layer=Esri+Satellite
Aug 30, 2023 #NASA will test #SpaceInternet with #lasers on #ISS which will connect with a laser relay #satellite called #LCRD. #LaserCommunications transmit information at higher data rates than #RadioFrequency https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nasa-test-space-internet-lasers
Interesting EngineeringHere's how NASA will test space internet with lasers on ISS
#NASA July 12, 2023 #DSS23 started in February 2021 at the Goldstone, #California, #DSN Complex (with #OpticalCommunication
capabilities, which will be critical to communicate with #astronauts 
traveling to #Mars 
). NASA cannot use #RadioFrequency communications to carry higher data rates like those required for Mars without increasing
the size of its antennas or power of its radio transmitters. Therefore, the Agency is developing #optical communications (use
of light as a means of transmitting information through #lasers) https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-016.pdf
#DSOC #DeepSpaceNetwork #SpaceCommunication #LaserCommunication
Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breaking_ground_on_Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lcrd_new.jpg
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#DSOC : #Psyche will test a futuristic communications system, called #DeepSpace Optical Communication. It uses #lasers to communicate with #Earth 
, instead of radio waves, encoding data in #photons, which are particles of light. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/psyche/overview
#Launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023
Picture : 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Asteroid_Belt_Asteroids.jpg
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@hendric these would be the umbrella terms : #SpaceCommunication, #SatelliteImprovement and #ISRU