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name: ground-station description: Ground station subproject context. Use when working in the ground_station package, telemetry reception, mission control interface, or real-time flight monitoring. keywords: [ground station, ground_station, telemetry, mission control, monitoring, radio, lora, receiver, display, dashboard]

Ground Station Subproject

Role in System

The ground station is the mission control and telemetry reception component, running on a laptop or desktop computer on the ground.

Responsibilities

• Receive real-time telemetry from rocket during flight
• Display flight data (altitude, velocity, GPS position, sensor readings)
• Provide mission control interface
• Log received data for post-flight analysis
• Alert on anomalies or mission events

Communication

• Receives telemetry from rocket (radio link TBD)
• Protocol and hardware to be determined

Project Structure

Copyground_station/
├── Cargo.toml
├── Cargo.lock
└── src/
    └── main.rs    # Entry point (stub)

Build & Run

Copycd ground_station
cargo build --release
cargo run --release

Target: Standard desktop (Linux, macOS, Windows)

Current Implementation

Minimal stub:

Copyfn main() {
    println!("Hello, world!");
}

Planned Features

• Radio receiver integration (hardware TBD)
• Telemetry packet parsing
• Real-time data display (TUI or GUI)
• GPS tracking visualization
• Flight phase detection
• Data logging
• Alerts and notifications

Potential Dependencies

Design Considerations

Telemetry Protocol

• Packet format matching Pico Logger output
• Error detection (CRC)
• Handling packet loss

Display Requirements

• Real-time altitude graph
• GPS map view
• Sensor data panels
• Flight phase indicator
• Signal strength

Radio Options

• LoRa modules (long range, low bandwidth)
• 900MHz/433MHz ISM band
• Consider amateur radio regulations

Related Skills

• pico-logger: Telemetry source
• flight-computer: Intermediate processor