diff --git a/tmtc-c2a/src/kble_gs.rs b/tmtc-c2a/src/kble_gs.rs
index 376a3065..5bd2df3f 100644
--- a/tmtc-c2a/src/kble_gs.rs
+++ b/tmtc-c2a/src/kble_gs.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use gaia_ccsds_c2a::{
 };
 use tokio::{
     net::{TcpListener, ToSocketAddrs},
-    sync::{broadcast, mpsc},
+    sync::{broadcast, mpsc, oneshot},
 };
 use tracing::{error, info};
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub fn new() -> (Link, Socket) {
 }
 
 pub struct Socket {
-    cmd_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Vec<u8>>,
+    cmd_rx: mpsc::Receiver<(Vec<u8>, oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>)>,
     tlm_tx: broadcast::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
@@ -36,24 +36,33 @@ impl Socket {
             let accept_fut = listener.accept();
             let leak_fut = async {
                 loop {
-                    self.cmd_rx.recv().await;
+                    if let Some((_, resp_tx)) = self.cmd_rx.recv().await {
+                        if let Err(e) =
+                            resp_tx.send(Err(anyhow!("kble socket to satellite is not ready")))
+                        {
+                            break e;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             };
             let (incoming, addr) = tokio::select! {
-                accept = accept_fut => accept?,
-                _ = leak_fut => unreachable!(),
+                accept = accept_fut => accept.map_err(|_| anyhow!("response receiver has gone"))?,
+                resp_res = leak_fut => return resp_res,
             };
             info!("accept kble connection from {addr}");
             let wss = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(incoming).await?;
             let (mut sink, mut stream) = kble_socket::from_tungstenite(wss);
             let uplink = async {
                 loop {
-                    let cmd_bytes = self
+                    let (cmd_bytes, resp_tx) = self
                         .cmd_rx
                         .recv()
                         .await
                         .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("command sender has gone"))?;
-                    sink.send(cmd_bytes.into()).await?;
+                    let res = sink.send(cmd_bytes.into()).await;
+                    resp_tx
+                        .send(res)
+                        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("response receiver has gone"))?;
                 }
             };
             let downlink = async {
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ impl Socket {
 }
 
 pub struct Link {
-    cmd_tx: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    cmd_tx: mpsc::Sender<(Vec<u8>, oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>)>,
     tlm_tx: broadcast::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ impl aos::SyncAndChannelCoding for Downlink {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Uplink {
-    cmd_tx: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    cmd_tx: mpsc::Sender<(Vec<u8>, oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>)>,
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
@@ -137,7 +146,9 @@ impl tc::SyncAndChannelCoding for Uplink {
         data: &[u8],
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let tf_bytes = build_tf(scid, vcid, frame_type, sequence_number, data)?;
-        self.cmd_tx.send(tf_bytes).await?;
+        let (resp_tx, resp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.cmd_tx.send((tf_bytes, resp_tx)).await?;
+        resp_rx.await??;
         Ok(())
     }
 }