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• Main Authors: Torbjørn Houge, Frank Vedal, Aleksander L. Marthinussen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Andøya; Norway; Svalbard; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.608.2935

In this paper, a project with the intention of establishing a new educational ground station in Northern Norway is presented. Andøya Ground Station (AGS) is a co-operation between 3 parties. Andøya Rocket Range (ARR), the Norwegian Centre for Space-Related Education (NAROM) and the Norwegian Student Satellite Program (ANSAT). The station will be built by students, in close co-operation with the technical coordinator of ANSAT, which is employed by ARR. The station will initially work in the VHF and UHF bands. Most student ground stations depend on the students ` interest in working on them, as opposed to AGS that will be maintained by ARR on a regular basis. When AGS is finished, it will be GENSO compatible, and can provide global communication services in the GENSO network. For circular polar LEO orbiting satellites, the station will be able to see part of all passes crossing Europe. When this is coupled with the capabilities of the ground stations on Svalbard, HiN and NTNU, we will be able to cover all of Norway including Svalbard. Future developing ground station equipment at AGS may include S-band transceiver system, remote access systems, monitoring systems or even software defined radio system.