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TytoSpace · Ground station software

Your ground station, built on software.

The receive side of a ground station, in software: planning, decoding and analysis for every antenna you own.

In operation at the Poznań University of Technology ground stations · Space Arena 2026 finalist

Spec sheet

What TytoSpace does.

On air / real signalVerified on the benchDelivered per project

Receive

  • VHF, UHF, S and X band
  • Up to 15 Msym/s decoded (QPSK, NOAA-20)
  • FSK, GMSK, AFSK, BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK
  • AX.25, CCSDS, Reed–Solomon, K=7
  • DVB-S2/S2X, LDPC, Turbo, SOQPSK, CPM
  • Uplink and ranging

Software

  • 642 satellite profiles ready
  • +53% packets from recordings
  • Unknown signal to first frame in ~5 s
  • Signal lab for every pass
  • Scored, conflict-free planning
  • Learned planner tuned to your stations

Hardware

  • USRP B210, more via UHD and SoapySDR
  • ICOM IC-9700 for VHF/UHF
  • Rotators: rotctld, GS-232, Rot2Prog
  • GPU kernels on NVIDIA A40
  • FPGA front end on the radio

Operations

  • Edge node keeps recording offline
  • On premises or in the cloud
  • REST API, S3, DIFI/VITA-49, SSO
  • CCSDS SLE (RAF/RCF), tested with Yamcs
  • 22/22 fault-injection runs passed
  • 100 stations, no frame loss

Highest rate: NOAA-20 X-band, 958,134 frames from one recorded pass. Modulation and coding verified on real signals; DVB-S2 is bit-exact error correction against the reference, other items lab-only. Unknown-signal timing 5.1–5.8 s on replayed S-band recordings. Packet gain on 266 archived recordings. Reliability figures from bench tests; the availability objective is 99%.

What you still need

Antennas and LNAs, a downconverter for X-band, a control unit for large servo dishes, a time reference, network and UPS, and uplink equipment if you command the satellite.

Compared

How it stacks up.

Hardware modemSatNOGSAWS Ground StationTytoSpace
Hardware at each antennaModem rackSDRNone of your ownSDR + edge node
Cost, three antennas$511–661k over five yearsFree software, your engineering time$10–22 per contact minute~$59k over five years + licence
Your antennas, offline●●—●
Raw recording of every pass◐ option◐ optional● in your cloud● by default
Recovers missed frames◐ replay—◐ your software● +53%
Identifies unknown signals———●
New missionLicence upgradeNew profileYour softwareModule
Planning built in◐ separate●●●
Uplink and ranging●—●◐ per project

Hardware prices from public tenders (DLR on TED, NASA on USAspending). Paid options as documented by Kratos (quantumRadio), WORK Microwave and Safran. AWS Ground Station on-demand prices from the AWS price list. TytoSpace figures from our own benchmarks; the status of each feature is in the spec sheet. AWS charges per contact minute, so it has no fixed five-year total.

Pilot

How a pilot works.

  1. InstallWe put an edge node and a server beside your current receiver, on one antenna and one mission.
  2. Run side by sideYour passes are received by both. Nothing in your current chain changes.
  3. CompareYou get a report on valid frames, time to data and the cost of running it, and you keep the recordings.
You provide

A split of the RF or IF feed from one antenna, a server slot or virtual machine beside it, a network link, and the link parameters of one mission. We bring the software and set it up with you.

Pricing on request.

Start small

One antenna, one satellite, one pilot.

We install TytoSpace beside your current receiver and compare the results on your own passes: valid frames, time to data and the cost of running it.