This station is designed for signals reception in L, S and C bands (others bands are available upon request). A friendly Man Machine Interface installed on a PC (Windows OS) allows its remote Monitoring & Control via an Ethernet link.

Reception is made through a 1.20 m / 1.50 m / 1.80 m / 2.40 m / 3.10 m / 4.20 m dish equipped with auto tracking feed in RHCP and LHCP including 0.7 dB NF LNA, and filters.

Auto-tracking in RHCP or LHCP.

Target tracking can be achieved through the two main modes : Auto-tracking or GPS tracking. Auto-tracking uses Single Channel Monopulse technique.

The station mainly composed of the following parts :

• External two-axis auto tracking antenna
• Electronic compass for automatic north reference
• Electronic spirit level for automatic set-up (transportable version)
• Control & servo boards
• Antenna Control Unit (Workstation or laptop)
• Integrated Tracking receiver

Dish	Band
1.20 m	S
1.50 m	S
1.80 m	S
1.80 m	S + C
2.40 m	S
2.40 m	S + C
3.00 m	S
3.00 m	S + C

The proposed system is a portable ground station used in S-Band, L-Band or C-Band for data reception and/or transmission with 19 dBi, 21 dBi or 23 dBi gain (S-Band).

Total weight is 45 Kg.

The station is mainly composed of the following parts :

• External two-axis auto tracking antenna with flat panel equipped with SCM tracking circuits, LNA and filters
• Electronic compass for automatic North reference (option)
• Antenna Control Unit (ACU)
• TCP/IP link between ACU (PC) and tracking antenna
• Tracking receiver (1 or 2 channels) integrated into the pedestal (option)
• High speed rotation : 60°/s (option)
• Acquisitions mode « Logbook »
• Video camera (option)

Gain	Band
22 dBi	C
19 dBi	S
21 dBi	S
23 dBi	S