Your Trusted Ground Segment Partner
The Nova Systems Space Precinct is in a pristine radio quiet region just outside of Peterborough, South Australia. Our location offers the ability to connect to most satellites traversing the Australian mainland, on over 51 acres of land with unobstructed horizon to horizon views.
Ideally situated to access satellites across mainland Australia, the region has a favourable climate with readily available access to civil infrastructure contractors and emergency services. We support various global ground systems providing connectivity to satellites in low earth orbit.
Ground segment services to satellite owners and operators.
The precinct is available for hosting ground based capabilities that meet the specific needs of your satellite mission.
RF quiet region in key satellite communications bands.
Redundant Data Connectivity (Primary connection is optical fibre up to 10 Gbps, secondary connection through microwave line-of-sight).
Redundant Three Phase Power Systems (standby generator).
24/7 remote CCTV and weather monitoring.
Qualified local maintenance support.
Compartmentalised physically secured compounds.
Supporting international satellite missions in ACMA licensed Frequency Bands through client hosting. We work closely with our clients to secure all necessary ACMA spectrum licenses required to support our clients mission needs. Peterborough is classed by ACMA as a remote density area for spectrum licensing purposes. Our specialist electromagnetic licensing team can secure ground station licenses in: S-band 2025-2100 MHz (Tx), 2200-2300 MHz (Rx), X-band 7900 - 8400 MHz (Rx) and Ka-band 25.5 - 27.0 GHz (Rx)
Space Domain Awareness
Passive Radar and Passive RF sensors for the Australian and International SDA market.
Our onsite systems support a range of applications including satellite communications (SATCOM) and Space Domain Awareness (SDA).
We are collaborating with academic partners to develop a unique all-sky all-weather SDA sensor able to track objects in multiple orbit regimes on a 24/7 basis.
Nova owned and operated UHF Ground Station
Keep connected with resilient site architecture that ensures your mission is not interrupted.
We have capacity available to support client satellite missions for the purpose of Telemetry, Tracking and Command and integrating client specific baseband hardware.
Nova Systems Space Precinct Benefits
The 52 acre Nova owned site has sufficient physical area to accommodate further client terminals.
Guaranteeing a horizon mask profile down to 5 degrees elevation in all azimuth directions, our site includes temperature controlled equipment shelters for hosting client racks.