The Ground Station Workshop Schematic of the ground station is setup by Pratham team at IIT Bombay and Atharva College of Engineering, Mumbai.

The ground station at other universities might be a simplified version of this.

Success Criterion

Description Mission Success
Flight Model ready 85%
Beacon Signal Recieved 90%
TEC Measurements at IITB 95%
Satellite Functional for 4 months 100%

Venue of IIT Bombay Ground Station Workshop:

Pratham, IIT Bombay Student Satellite Project
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA

Schedule for IIT Bombay Student Satellite Ground-Station Workshop:

09:00AM – 09:10AM Inauguration of the Workshop
09:10AM – 09:30AM Welcome address by Saptarshi
09:30 AM – 10:30AM Overview of Pratham and its current state by Jhonny
10:30 AM – 12:00PM Overview of Groundstation and Yagi by Deepika and Tushar
12:00PM – 1:15PM Break for Lunch
1:15 PM – 2:45PM Presentation by other teams on their progress
2:45 PM – 3:15PM Video conference with IPGP/video of IPGP
3:15 PM – 3:45PM Demo of the communication circuits
3:45 PM – 4:15PM Overview of data decoding for Pratham
4:15 PM – 5:00PM Demo of On Board Computer In Loop Simulations (OILS)
5:00 PM – 5:10PM Vote of Thanks