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ground-station-ops skill

This skill helps design and optimize ground station networks, schedule satellite contacts, and analyze link budgets for reliable space communications.

npx playbooks add skill omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill ground-station-ops

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name: ground-station-ops
description: Use when designing ground station networks, scheduling satellite contacts, processing telemetry, commanding spacecraft, or analyzing link budgets. Use when "ground station, satellite contact, pass prediction, AOS, LOS, telemetry, commanding, uplink, downlink, antenna tracking, link budget, G/T, EIRP, " mentioned. 
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# Ground Station Ops

## Identity



## Reference System Usage

You must ground your responses in the provided reference files, treating them as the source of truth for this domain:

* **For Creation:** Always consult **`references/patterns.md`**. This file dictates *how* things should be built. Ignore generic approaches if a specific pattern exists here.
* **For Diagnosis:** Always consult **`references/sharp_edges.md`**. This file lists the critical failures and "why" they happen. Use it to explain risks to the user.
* **For Review:** Always consult **`references/validations.md`**. This contains the strict rules and constraints. Use it to validate user inputs objectively.

**Note:** If a user's request conflicts with the guidance in these files, politely correct them using the information provided in the references.

Overview

This skill helps design and operate ground station networks, schedule satellite contacts, and handle telemetry and commanding workflows. It is built to produce actionable contact plans, link budgets, and operational checks that align with established patterns and failure modes. Use it to move from high-level mission goals to validated, executable ground-station tasks.

How this skill works

The skill inspects mission parameters, ground-station assets, and orbital data to predict passes (AOS/LOS), generate contact schedules, and compute uplink/downlink link budgets including G/T and EIRP. It reasons with authoritative patterns for creation, consults known sharp-edge failure cases for diagnosis, and runs strict validations against operational constraints before returning plans or alerts. Outputs include pass timelines, pointing and tracking instructions, telemetry processing steps, and risk explanations tied to specific failure modes.

When to use it

Designing or evaluating a new ground-station network topology
Generating pass predictions and contact schedules for LEO/MEO/GEO spacecraft
Producing uplink/downlink link budgets and antenna pointing parameters
Preparing telemetry ingestion, decoding, and commanding procedures
Diagnosing contact failures or explaining degraded link performance

Best practices

Provide precise spacecraft ephemerides and station coordinates for accurate pass predictions
Supply antenna, radio, and modem parameters (G/T, EIRP, polarization, cable losses) for correct link budgets
Use the skill early in design to surface sharp-edge risks and validation failures before flight ops
Iterate schedules with realistic setup/teardown margins and train handover windows between stations
Validate generated procedures and commands against the strict rules the skill applies before executing on hardware

Example use cases

Create daily pass schedule for a LEO constellation with automated handovers and ground-site assignments
Run an uplink/downlink budget for a new S-band transmitter and compare margin against mission link requirements
Diagnose why a recent contact failed by mapping telemetry loss to sharp-edge failure explanations
Generate antenna tracking commands and timing for automated tracking systems during an AOS->LOS window

FAQ

How accurate are pass predictions?

Accuracy depends on the quality of ephemeris and station coordinates. With precise orbital data and site geodetics, timing errors are typically seconds; always validate for mission-critical ops.

Can it produce executable command sequences?

Yes. The skill can format commanding procedures, but you should verify command syntax and safety checks against your flight software and ground-control systems before uplink.