RadioSTAR (Radio Spacecraft for Telecommunications Assessment and Risk-reduction): A 3U CubeSat for validation of ground stations and link budgets

As the number of small satellites in orbit increases, an increasing number of ground stations must be constructed, recommissioned, or updated in order to provide uplink and downlink access. However, prior to deployment of a spacecraft, it is difficult to evaluate a ground station’s performance capab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy, Thomas J.
Other Authors: Cahoy, Kerri
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139040