Satellite Tracker

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Satellite Tracking

Satellite tracking with a Raspberry pi and RTL-SDR.

Observation station: https://network.satnogs.org/stations/1370/
Sample Observation from NOAA 18 Weather Satellite: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1747925/

Bill of Materials:

Raspberry Pi 3 B+. Raspberry pi 4 may work as well.
RTL-SDR: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011HVUEME/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
16 GB SD Card
An Account with https://db.satnogs.org/

How to build:

Take a look at the official documentation on how to build:

How to Schedule a Satellite with an existing system:

TODO

Terminal based Dashboard:

https://wiki.satnogs.org/SatNOGS_Monitor

In order to view our observation station: satnogs-monitor -s 1370