Really! Are we going to raise the ground station furphy again? Requirement for ground stations has been already been addressed.
https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/sas/01870796.pdf
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The latest testing confirms that the 3 Diamonds are operating as expected and are communicating to the ground stations with no anomalies.Sky and Space Global is using two ground stations, one in Aalborg, Denmark and one in Alaska. These ground stations provide communication services in almost every satellites orbit.Sky and Space Global’s CEO, Mr. Meir Moalem said:“We are delighted to reveal that the 3 Diamonds continue to perform as planned and are communicating with the ground stations with no anomalies.
https://spacenews.com/cubesat-voice...nd-space-globals-200-satellite-constellation/
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Moalem said Sky and Space Global intends to build a network operations center in London, and is investing in network management software for the fleet. Those investments should make constellation operations manageable with one primary and one backup ground station, he said.“Our entire network management is done autonomously in space within the constellation, and
the entire communications traffic is done in space without any need for the ground station to be involved,” he said.
Rather than build a new ground station network, Moalem said Sky and Space Global will likely join forces with a ground station services provider — a move made possible by several companies tailoring services for smallsats.
