📡The Center for Space Communications and Radio Astronomy has been opened at the Faculty of Radio Engineering of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The project was implemented with the support of sponsors, and the students set up the space themselves—from repairs and electrical installation to configuring high-frequency equipment. The laboratory already has an official license and a call sign for international broadcasting.
The station operates at a frequency of 10 GHz and uses Earth-Moon-Earth technology for global communication. So far, this is the only amateur station of this caliber in Ukraine.
In the new lab, students will be able to:
🔵 master unique communication technology and conduct sessions with radio amateurs from around the world;
🔵 work with high-frequency equipment, antennas with rotating mechanisms, transceivers, and transverters;
🔵 design, calculate, and build antennas and other radio engineering devices for coursework and thesis projects;
🔵 participate in international amateur radio competitions and develop technical proposals for NASA’s upcoming Artemis III lunar mission.
Learn more about the center’s work in our report.