In Russia, the technology of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle via satellite has been tested for the first time – the experimental launch was carried out by the companies Geoscan and the Gonets Satellite System, the Roscosmos state corporation reported.
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During the experiment, the UAV received information about its location and telemetry data, and a command was sent to it to force it to return to the launch site. “Such technological solutions are in demand to ensure the ability to track the location of unmanned aerial vehicles where there are no other communication channels,” Roscosmos said.
The tests involved the Geoscan 201 UAV, designed for geodetic work, which was additionally equipped with an experimental onboard modem Gonets with a lightweight antenna. Experimental launches were carried out at the Pushisty airfield from July 13 to 16 — the ability to send data from the UAV to the Gonets-M satellite and send commands from the ground station via the satellite to the drone was tested.
In total, the system developers carried out six launches, during which the operators received 218 messages on the FTP server of the Gonets system with telemetry data, and also sent three messages with commands to control the device.
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Source: 3dnews.ru
