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What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Aidan Panter, Senior Spencer Richte, Senior Ayse Okatan, Senior Dylan Hardt, Junior Oleg Sugatov, Junior Eldon Crossett, Freshman
Lead Presenter's Name
Aidan Panter
Faculty Mentor Name
Fan Yang
Abstract
Current Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) navigation and control systems in place for contemporary drones are mainly directed through Short Range Radio Frequency communications. The shortcoming of this technology is that it imposes limitations on UAV operational ranges as well as web-based controls. Currently, there are no UAVs that can provide a unified web-based platform for navigation and control to its users through an internet connection and our goal is to develop this platform. The proposed system combines satellite internet services via a Starlink Mini satellite terminal with a specially designed airframe capable of long-range UAV control via internet-enabled interfaces. In addition, it features a ReactJS web application frontend and a backend server implemented in GoLang and an Azure SQL database for logging and storing telemetry information. The system is completed with a specialized integration of an NVIDIA Jetson computer module and a Pixhawk flight controller connected through a MAVLink connection. This project will prove that satellite internet integration for beyond line-of-sight UAV flight is possible and will help to improve beyond line-of-sight UAV flight capabilities.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
No
Starlink-Based Navigation System for Fixed-Wing UAV
Current Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) navigation and control systems in place for contemporary drones are mainly directed through Short Range Radio Frequency communications. The shortcoming of this technology is that it imposes limitations on UAV operational ranges as well as web-based controls. Currently, there are no UAVs that can provide a unified web-based platform for navigation and control to its users through an internet connection and our goal is to develop this platform. The proposed system combines satellite internet services via a Starlink Mini satellite terminal with a specially designed airframe capable of long-range UAV control via internet-enabled interfaces. In addition, it features a ReactJS web application frontend and a backend server implemented in GoLang and an Azure SQL database for logging and storing telemetry information. The system is completed with a specialized integration of an NVIDIA Jetson computer module and a Pixhawk flight controller connected through a MAVLink connection. This project will prove that satellite internet integration for beyond line-of-sight UAV flight is possible and will help to improve beyond line-of-sight UAV flight capabilities.