The Performance of Bali’s IMRO POESAT500 Satellite Ground Station

Institute for Marine Research and Observation (IMRO) has been established a Satellite Ground Station that able to receive NOAA-AVHRR data and MetOp-A data and SARAL data. In this paper, we would like to explain and demonstrate the ability of IMRO POESAT500 Satellite Ground Station. The ground station equipped with a 2.4 m diameter of L-Band Antenna. ThisSATRAK-550 antenna made by Environmental System & Services (ESS). POESAT500 are using 2 kinds of receiver module to receive all mentioned data. AMetcom Quorum module dedicated to receiving NOAA and METOP-A data and an ESS3000 module to receive SARAL data. There is 2 kinds of workstation, an Acquisition Workstation (AWS) and a Data Processing System Workstation (DPS) dedicated to processing all level-0 product to level-1b and level-2 product. These ground station provide near real-time data, both oceanographic and meteorological parameter, all around Indonesia regions to support the Indonesia Operational Oceanography Program. Improvment and upgrading still needed to enhance the IMRO POESAT500 Satellite Ground Station capability to be able to downlink and processanother satellite product