Open
GT17-883GS ALL-DIGITAL GROUND STATION
Open call · deadline 2026-09-21 (32 days left at last rebuild).
| Reference | AO-1-13574 |
|---|---|
| Source programme | esa |
| Type | tender |
| Segment | Open Competition |
| Status | open |
| Closing date | 2026-09-21 |
| Last updated | 2026-08-14 |
What this call is about
The signal processing approach of satellite ground station back-ends is undergoing a major conceptual changeworldwide: instead of processing the signal in the back-end in the classical way with a dedicated up-/ downlinkchain, there is the more flexible approachof sampling the signal directly before transmission /…
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