Satellite Receiver Device (Micro Ground Station)
"... but what if we built a decentralized antenna for downloading raw data from satellites?" he asks...
So thats what we're doing:
We've built a small POC satellite receiver, which was kit-bashed together to successfully download some image data from a satellite passing overhead. Hardware wise, this comprises of a few components:
- SDR (Software Defined Radio)
- Antenna
- A low noise Amplifier (LNA)
- Hardware Security Module (HSM)
Its deceptively simple to get some data directly from a satellite carrying Sea Surface Temperature data collection equipment, but getting the best quality images every time requires a few key areas of improvement: