Satellite Ground Station Operations

Chilbolton dish at dusk

The Ground Station Group within RAL Space currently has a 2.4 m and 12 m antennae and has the capability for both S-band uplink command and downlink telemetry.  At the Chilbolton Observatory, there is a 4.5 m antenna capable of S- and X-band telemetry reception and the 25 m antenna can be made available as well.