Diseño, Construcción y Pruebas de una Estación Terrena de Bajo Costo para CubeSat con Tecnología IoT-LoRa

Gary Fernando Flores Cadena; Pablo Aníbal Lupera Morillo; Darwin Antonio Mena; David Benalcazar Rojas; Henry Paul Llumiquinga Loya; Santiago Sandobalin Guaman; Ericson Daniel Lopez Izurieta

doi:10.48168/innosoft.s15.a116

Gary Fernando Flores Cadena National Polytechnic School
Pablo Aníbal Lupera Morillo National Polytechnic School https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-4980
Darwin Antonio Mena National Polytechnic School https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-0506
David Benalcazar Rojas National Polytechnic School
Henry Paul Llumiquinga Loya National Polytechnic School https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5174-9482
Santiago Sandobalin Guaman National Polytechnic School https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-2066
Ericson Daniel Lopez Izurieta National Polytechnic School https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7194-0740

DOI: 10.48168/innosoft.s15.a116

PURL: 42411/s15/a116

ARK: ark:/42411/s15/a116

Keywords: low cost, LoRa ground station, CubeSat, LoRa reception, satellite

Abstract

This research article presents the design and construction of a low-cost ground station, consisting of a Yagi antenna, Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), and a LoRa receiver node, enabling the reception of CubeSat signals utilizing LoRa technology. The design incorporates general antenna and electronic amplifier design concepts and was validated through laboratory tests assessing elec-trical characteristics, signal radiation, and frequency response. This setup successfully received telemetry data from LoRa-based CubeSat satellites.

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Author Biography

Pablo Aníbal Lupera Morillo, National Polytechnic School

Ph.D. Full-time professor at the National Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador. He obtained the title of engineer in Electronics and Telecommunications from the National Polytechnic School in 2002 and the title of Ph.D. in technical sciences at the Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications in Russia in 2009.

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