Antenna time over Africa
Three ground stations, Kano to Windhoek, booked one pass at a time.
Working out where the sample satellite is.
One pass over Kano
Rise
The satellite clears the 10° mask on the horizon. The dish is already waiting there.
Track
The dish turns with it, a few degrees a second at the top of the arc.
Downlink
S and X band frames come down while it is in view.
Set
It drops below the mask. Your data is already in your storage.
- UTC
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- Elevation
- --
- Azimuth
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- Range
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Under the dust of the Harmattan, from the Sahel to the Namib.
Three dishes, one continent
Each hears a satellite at 550 km anywhere within 1,664 km of it, above a 10° mask.
Kano
Nigeria
- Position
- 12.00° N, 8.59° E
- Bands
- S and X down, UHF up and down
- Passes, next 24 h
- computed live
Nairobi
Kenya
- Position
- 1.29° S, 36.82° E
- Bands
- S and X down, UHF up and down
- Passes, next 24 h
- computed live
Windhoek
Namibia
- Position
- 22.56° S, 17.07° E
- Bands
- S and X down, UHF up and down
- Passes, next 24 h
- computed live
The next 24 hours
Every pass of the sample satellite, in UTC. Taller bars climb higher. Pick one to book it.
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