TinyGS - Satellite Tracking Station
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Ok Space junkies here is an award you would be honoured to have in the books. (LEO) Low Earth Orbit Satellites: We are always finding interesting projects for SWL’s and well anyone with interest to give it a go. This project will have you setting up and launching a tiny satellite ground station.
LEO satellites are generally less costly to place as they require a great deal less rocket power to place. As compared to geosynchronous orbiting satellites at 36,000 km, LEO travel through a much denser atmosphere and thus experience far more aerodynamic drag. This means they require more power to travel at higher speeds and make corrections to maintain their lower orbits.
Commonly used for communications, military reconnaissance, spying and other imaging applications. Most of the man-made objects orbiting earth are in LEO. Satellites made for communications benefit from the lower signal propagation delay to LEO.
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If You Want To Try This Project Here Is What You Need:
To Get Started You Will Need:
•1 LORA board ESP32 v3 CLICK HERE (Just samples) NOTE: you need the 433 MHz to be able to track satellites. Although the devices we shared have batteries in them you still need a power supply or USB plug to link to them so that they stay on 24/7.
• Antenna for 433MHz – 433 MHz & 2 Meter band antenna – Your antenna needs a bit of space for open sky – We have ours indoors in second floor office and it does ok.
• When configuring your device you will need your Region – & in the back office of your Ground Station your Longitude and Latitude – You can find here https://www.coordinatesfinder.com
TinyGS Main Site https://tinygs.com/
TINYGS QUICK START https://installer.tinygs.com/
TinyGS Ground Station configuration https://github.com/G4lile0/tinyGS/wik…
TinyGS Bot FOR MQTT Pass word https://t.me/tinygs_personal_bot NOTE: You Will Need A Telegram Account –
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