Ground stations: ground control stations are part and parcel of a drone system. Their size is almost proportional with the size, and therefore performance, of the aircraft used, while their configuration largely depends on the mission required by the end user.(Complete Guide)

Whatever the size of the combination of parts to form a whole a ground control station always includes sum of two units basic, essential elements: the ascendency of the aircraft per se and the data retrieval unit. Their step of complexity depends, of course, upon the complexity of the aircraft used and its mission.

For the lighter and true short-range types, a ground station can boil down to a portable laptop computer and a transmitter/receiver. The mission (flight pattern) is plott in advance using digital maps and the co-ordinates f into the aircraft's flight computer via radio upon the ground before launch. The