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Back DHS Polar Scout Ground Station Support

Fiscal Year 2018
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Space Systems Academic Group
Investigator(s) Newman, James H.
Sponsor Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Summary This proposal describes the effort associated with supporting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Polar Scout CubeSat Program. In particular, NPS will provide support to DHS's and the US Coast Guard's (USCG) Fairbanks, AK ground station as part of the MC3 CubeSat ground station network. This ground station supports DHS's efforts in the emerging field of very small satellites and, as part of the MC3 network, DoD Space's efforts in command and control of CubeSats. The Polar Scout CubeSat's mission is to detect and report emergency distress beacons in the Arctic regions. With the advent of CubeSats and other very small satellites, the number of active satellites is growing, with many different space-to-ground communication architectures. The growing acceptance of the CubeSat, a very small satellite, as a means of accomplishing focused objectives of national interest makes this project of great interest to the Space Systems Academic Group at NPS. The Naval Officers and other students in the NPS Space Systems Engineering and Operations curricula have the opportunity to participate in Directed Studies and Thesis research related to this proposal. The Space Systems curricula benefit from the opportunity to work with laboratories using active satellites in orbit and an active network of ground stations. In addition, this work supports the development of national capabilities in space to ultimately benefit the Naval Service and the warfighter.
Keywords CubeSats ground stations
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