Projetos de Satélite

A curated path through the satellite work: start with reception hardware, follow the signal-processing experiments, and continue into complete weather-satellite decoding systems.

Complete project · Hardware to imagery

GOES Satellite Hunt

The strongest place to start. This book-length guide documents the full GOES-13 LRIT receive chain and the engineering lessons that later became Open Satellite Project.

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1. Dish, feed, and LNA
2. GNU Radio receiver
3. CCSDS frames
4. Virtual channels
5. LRIT products

• QFH antenna and first NOAA reception Build the antenna, track a pass, and receive the first weather image.
• Recording NOAA APT with GQRX and RTL-SDR Configure the Linux software stack and preserve a pass for offline decoding.
• 137 MHz band-pass filter Design, build, and measure a dedicated filter for NOAA and Meteor reception.

• A new 2.2 m dish Hardware expansion for stronger L-band reception and future signals.
• GOES-16 in the house Early reception and reverse engineering of the next GOES generation.
• GOES-16 test week Preparing the station and decoder for the experimental HRIT broadcast.
• GOES-16 test week results Decoded ABI products, false-color imagery, and lessons from the live test.
• LNA tests for HRIT and LRIT Practical gain and noise comparisons for the satellite receive chain.
• GOES GRB first light The jump to the high-rate GOES Rebroadcast service and its first decoded products.