--- title: Controlling the ExoMars Rover via Radio tags: ESA, ESAC, CESAR --- # Controlling the ExoMars Rover via Radio Past 19th of october was the ESA Open Day, to open the doors of the ESAC research center to all people interested in the technologies developed by ESA in Spain. There was a lot of activities related to space industry, and around 2400 people participated. The Cesar Team developed an experiment of how to control ExoMars Rover by radio using Cesar's satelite ground station. ![](https://i.imgur.com/YSfIWz1.png) The experiment consisted of two parts. On the one hand, we had a replica of the Rover in Build D with an antenna and a software-defined radio. And on the other hand, from Cesar Room, the antennas of the satellite station were pointing to us and the people was sending the commands that the Rover *Rosalind Franklin* had to develop. At the reception, with the Rover, people could she the spacecraft moving on a Martion stage. They were explained that it wa actually being controlled from another site of the ESAC center by Radio. [AQUI UNA FOTO DE LA GENTE MIRANDO AL ROVER] In transmission, in the Cesar room, there was an activity of *Introduction to satellite communications*, and the final part of the class was about controling the rover with the ground station. The people had an interface to create the commands that they wanted to develop. After having the mission program, they sent it to us by radio using the satellite station. Like a real mission, the participants had to study the sitation of the spacecraft with the cameras and create a program to pass an obstacle, turn the rover, point the camera at the sky, etc. [FOTO DE LA ACTIVIDAD QUE SE DESARROLLO EN CESAR] It was a very complete activity in which people could participate in the steps that wouldfollow a mission of the caliber of ExoMars 2020. There were many people at the event and all of them very interested in the activities that were developed. We are very happy ow the event took place and we expect to repeated soon. Many thanks to Nubalo Studios for lending us the replica of the Rover Exomars 2020.
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