CubeSat "Geoscan-2" Confirmed the Operability of ADS-B Signal Reception System

CubeSat "Geoscan-2" continues to execute the program for receiving data using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. This was reported in the press service of the "Geoscan" company.

The experiment confirmed that the small satellite is capable of capturing signals from manned aircraft at altitudes from 76 to 13,100 meters. In one orbit, the CubeSat receives and transmits several hundred messages to Earth for further analysis.

According to the company, on October 10, over four orbits, the satellite received and processed 2,203 messages from 114 aircraft from 32 countries. The largest amount of data was recorded during flights over Central Africa, Eastern Australia, and the Pacific Ocean. The maximum speed of the registered aircraft was 1,110 km/h.

Alexander Khokhlov, Head of the Small Spacecraft Projects Department at GC "Geoscan", noted that the experiment confirmed the potential of small satellites for global aviation monitoring. In the near future, it is planned to introduce functions for pinpoint tracking of individual aircraft, data filtering, and receiving signals from drones, as well as to conduct tests on ADS-B information retransmission in real-time.

The "Geoscan-2" satellite was launched into orbit on July 25, 2025, and began its targeted work in August. It became the first Russian CubeSat to track the location, speed, and direction of movement of aircraft.

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