Title: Satellite Ground Station and RF Signal Processing Engineering: Operating Modern Space Communication Systems with SDR Platforms, Beam Tracking, and High-Frequency RF Signal Chains
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9798196626869
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Synopsis

Satellite ground systems are where RF engineering, digital signal processing, and operational discipline meet. This book presents a practical guide to building, verifying, and running modern space communication ground stations that use SDR platforms, precision RF chains, and beam tracking systems.

It focuses on the full path from antenna to packet, showing how signals are received, conditioned, digitized, demodulated, decoded, monitored, and stored. The material connects hardware design choices with real operating concerns such as gain planning, frequency control, phase noise, calibration, interference, and link integrity.

What the book covers

End-to-end ground station architecture, including receive, transmit, and monitoring paths.
RF front-end design topics such as LNAs, mixers, filters, AGC, and gain staging.
High-frequency signal-chain verification, including cable loss, matching, spurs, and measurement workflows.
SDR integration, clocking, IQ handling, buffering, and throughput management.
Frequency planning, LO control, calibration, and baseband correction methods.
Beam tracking, antenna pointing, servo control, coordinate transforms, and beacon-based verification.
Demodulation and receiver processing for BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, FSK, timing recovery, and carrier recovery.
Impairment modeling, Doppler handling, interference mitigation, and robustness testing with recorded IQ data.
Forward error correction, frame synchronization, and end-to-end decode workflows.
Telemetry handling, logging, alarms, metrics, and software integration for operations.
Commissioning, acceptance testing, troubleshooting, safety, grounding, reliability, and maintenance.

Who this book is for

It is well suited to RF engineers, SDR developers, satellite ground station operators, systems integrators, and advanced students who need a structured reference for real-world space communications work. The emphasis is on engineering practice, not just theory, with checklists, workflows, and configuration-minded guidance throughout.

If you need a single volume that ties together RF hardware, SDR baseband processing, antenna tracking, and operational verification, this book offers a clear and technically grounded path through the entire ground station stack.

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