Let me know if you're interested in building new radios for space! We're looking for both full time and interns with a background in digital communications. We actually flew an Ettus E310 about 18 months ago, but now we're building a couple SDRs of our own. Here's our website:
https://www.astranis.com/ A few things we're
currently using gnuradio for:
1. custom waveform and modem design for a low throughput, high reliability radio (for spacecraft control, telemetry, and ranging). The radio is custom, software defined hardware platform.
2. ultra wide band channelization, equalization, etc. for a high throughput, high reliability radio. The radio is also a fully custom, software defined hardware platform.
3. network modelling, optimization, and planning to maximize network capacity for a range of use cases around the globe.
A few things we're
going to use gnuradio for in the slightly longer term (12+ months out),
1. ultra high-rate DVB-S2x modem design
3. significantly expand and evolve our SDRs processing bandwidth and architecture
And much more...plenty of digital communications and signal processing work going forward!
Thanks,
Steve Joseph
Astranis