SatNOGS for Beginners: Build Your Own Ground Station!
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Yes! You can set up your own satellite ground station, collect satellite related data, and contribute to the important work satellite teams, across the globe, are doing every day!
I met up with Dan White, of Libre Space Foundation, at Dayton Hamvention and he took some time to explain what SatNOGS is, how it works, what's required, and how simple it is to set up your own satellite ground station.
Libre Space Foundation's SatNOGS project, provides the blueprint and documentation for you to build your ground station from scratch. They provide the software, identify accessible hardware, and manage the infrastructure for citizen scientists to get involved in satellite related sciences.
Libre Space Foundation's vision statement,
"Our Vision is an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all. We believe that space should be claimed the libre (open source) way.",
is something I think we can all get behind. They are carrying the torch for open source space technologies and they are providing accessible and meaningful ways for those interested to get involved.
If this is something that interests you, check out the links below and get involved!
Libre Space Foundation - Open Source Space Technology
libre.space/
SatNOGS - Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations
satnogs.org/
SatNOGS WIKI - Documentation from building, understanding and operating a ground stations and everything in between
wiki.satnogs.org/Main_Page
SatNOGS Community Pages - Forums
community.libre.space/c/satno...
SatNOGS Dashboard - Visualizing satellite telemetry data
dashboard.satnogs.org/
Additional Links for Digital Rancher
x.com/digitalranch3r
To learn more about satellite and space communications please visit the following:
The Amateur Satellite Corporation - AMSAT
www.amsat.org/
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
www.ariss.org/
The American Radio Relay League
www.arrl.org/space-communication
00:00 - Intro
00:05 - About SatNOGS
00:26 - What is SatNOGS
01:51 - Getting Started
03:23 - Beta Kit - Antenna
04:19 - Beta Kit - LNA and Filter
05:01 - Documentation - SatNOGS WIKI
06:28 - SatNOGS Community
07:06 - A data use case
08:10 - Network, Database, and Dashboards
10:05 - Next Level Ground Station
11:33 - Antenna Rotator Wear and Tear
12:13 - Bandwidth Requirements
13:39 - Wrap Up
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Thank you so much for featuring SatNOGS 📡and the detailed walkthrough on building a SatNOGS ground station.
@digital.rancher
21 күн бұрын
It was my pleasure. Dan is an awesome advocate for the project and I hope to provide updates as the project evolves. I hope to have my own ground station on-line soon as well!
Great explanation, thanks!
@digital.rancher
27 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting! 73
Thanks for sharing, this looks like a nuggets thing
@digital.rancher
27 күн бұрын
Yea, this is a great little project! I have a companion video coming right behind it that also lends itself to Nuggets.
Nice interview with a lot of good info, thanks!
@digital.rancher
27 күн бұрын
Glad it was useful! Thanks for watching and commenting. I have a "companion" interview with Mark Smith and his eggbeater antenna EggNogs project that I should have ready soon. Keep an eye out if you are interested. 73
Very interesting. Those folks have it figured out.
@digital.rancher
27 күн бұрын
It's very cool stuff. I am going to get one set up here and see what it's all about. 73 Terry!
Good stuff
@digital.rancher
28 күн бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
Sounds like they have more stations than they actually require.
@digital.rancher
23 күн бұрын
They only have about 500 active stations worldwide. If you consider most folks only make these available on some fractional basis, and you look at the network map, they could certainly benefit from many more stations.