Ground stations and antennas

The Stations tab is your network of ground assets — your own, leased commercial (KSAT, AWS Ground Station, Viasat), or government (DSN, NEN, TDRSS, LunaNet).

To add a station:
1. Stations tab → "+ Add station"
2. Name, location (lat/lon/elevation), operator (you / commercial network / agency)
3. Supported bands — VHF / UHF / S / C / X / Ku / Ka / V / W / optical
4. Operating constraints (look angle minimums, weather thresholds)

Antennas (per station):
- Antenna registry — dish diameter, polarization, supported bands per antenna, slew rates.
- Pairs of antennas can be configured for diversity reception.

Wally `comms_listStations` returns a network summary. `comms_predictPass` computes the next pass window over a station given a spacecraft's orbital elements — useful when planning the next contact.