Mobile control tower GCS

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The control station (GCS) of the FT-ALTEA is comprised of a set of equipment and systems that assume mission planning and control tasks (flight control, payload control), information distribution or dissemination to external or end users, communications with the assigned control tower. The ground station includes communications systems and data links necessary to access the platform and airborne systems. These controls are necessary, at minimum, to define and supervise the mission. The GCS is composed of the hardware and human means that direct and control the mission from the base station. It may be located on land, at sea or in the air and may be a fixed site or mobile unit. Mission planning. The mission is comprised basically of the definition of the flight plan to be followed and the actions that should be executed. Communication with the UAV. To transmit the orders and receive telemetry, with speed, altitude and position data, directional and omnidirectional antennas are used with redundant radio modems. Payload. The payload is composed of electro-optical vision and infrared or thermal vision, and may also include temperature, moisture, CO2 sensors, hyperspectral cameras and other sensors. The sensors and airborne systems may collect a large quantity of information and send it to the station in real time. The mission is executed by the autonomous flight control system. It should be considered that, although the UAV flies autonomously, it is always possible to take control from the control station (GCS). In addressing a mission it is important to consider the return route necessary so that, at all times, during the flight,