Report on the Satellite Communication Lectures with Practical Training of Simple Receivers Conducted by the KOSEN Space Group

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This paper reports the activities resulting from satellite communication lectures conducted by the KOSEN space group in January and August of 2018. Since 2014 the KOSEN space group has been developing two CubeSats to educate students and to complete scientific missions. Consequently, the aim of our lectures is to enable KOSEN students to monitor and operate the CubeSats by satellite communication. In the January lecture, students learned satellite communication theories, and practical training on the assembly and operation of simple receivers. In August, the students learned the theories of digital satellite communication and participated in advanced training using the simple receivers. A survey indicated the participants are interested in receiving signals from a real satellite in space, using the simple self-assembled receivers.