The Ground Station is the supplementary hardware to the Vega flight computer. It can receive data from two independent Vegas or track one Vega with both antennas. The connection to an individual Vega board is set by defining the “link phrase” that needs to match the one configured on the Vega board.

The ground station has a large transflective display making it very readable under bright sunlight, a USB-C interface where the battery can be charged, on-board memory for logging, a compass and a GNSS module.
 

The ground station allows receiving data throughout the flight, helps track the rocket with its integrated sensors and gives the opportunity to remotely trigger events for testing purposes. It is even possible to review the flight data immediately on the ground station after flight with its integrated data plotter.