Design and flight results of the VHF/UHF communication system of Longjiang lunar microsatellites

oleh: Mingchuan Wei, Chaoran Hu, Daniel Estévez, Mier Tai, Yuhao Zhao, Jiahe Huang, Cees Bassa, Tammo Jan Dijkema, Xibin Cao, Feng Wang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01

Deskripsi

Satellites with amateur radio communication capabilities have not been operated in lunar orbit before. Here, the authors present the design and performance of a VHF/UHF software-defined radio developed for and tested on lunar microsatellites.