It's for down linking imagery and sending telemetry to the SPOT6&7 Boeing satellites. They are in a sun synchronous orbit.
We are working on a project for farmers and ranchers. Right now the sticking point is finding a facility with a 7.3m antenna that can talk to the bird. Thanks for your help! -Sean On Sunday, September 21, 2014, Eric Kuhnke via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > I know plenty of earth stations with 7.3 meter and larger size dishes. > > By "tracking", do you want a full azimuth/elevation tracking system > intended for TT&C / launch operations (fully agile, rapid), or do you want > an earth station antenna capable of tracking an inclined orbit > geostationary satellite? The two types of tracking are very different > things. > > You know 8 GHz / X-band is a DoD and NATO frequency range in North > America? What are you trying to do? > > > > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Sean Heskett via Af <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> By chance does anyone in North America (hopefully in the western US or >> Canada) know >> how to gain access to a low cost Direct receiving station with a 7.3meter >> antenna that can send and receive (and track a satellite) in >> the 8ghz band??? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sean >> > >
