The time we’ve all been waiting for, has come. We are proud to release v2 of SatNOGS Ground Station (Tracking Box) with many upgrades and fixes from the previous version. Notably: Redesigned Axis Gear Assemblies. They are now smaller, more robust and reliable based around a much more powerful NEMA […]
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Using the first version of satNOGS hardware we figured out that some times due to various reasons (software, mechanical or power malfunctions) the rotator might end up in an unknown position. At that point, the only way to resolve that situation was to manually reset the rotator to home position […]
Stepper motor and axis movement should be accelerated, decelerated and smooth. This is important for a variety of reasons including less strain on the axis and the gears, plus inertia compensation. Agis with Manthos spend some time looking into some options and finally agreed to implement acceleration resulting to smooth […]
Yesterday in Berlin Hackaday announced SatNOGS as the Grand prize winner of the Hackaday Prize 2014. We are excited to see SatNOGS winning the recognition of the Hackaday Prize judges, the Hackaday staff and last but not least it’s awesome community. We believe that the Hackaday Prize contest is a […]
During our quest for reliable Satellite transponder data we came into a sad realization. There is nowhere out there such a thing as a complete transponder database for operational satellites. Having this information is crucial for SatNOGS operations on multiple levels. Observation scheduling, observation job details and mainly ground station […]
It was time for us to test out the designs for our PCB that would take care of the motor control. In a true hackerspace fashion instead of ordering the PCB we decided to built the capacity to produce our own (much needed moving forward). We could not settle for […]
As outlined in project description and previous logs, a central part of our projects is what we call “SatNOGS Network”. SatNOGS Network is a web application running on a server that takes care of discovery of ground stations, registering of users, scheduling and job-detailing of observation as well as data […]
Working towards v2 of the Ground Station Gear Assembly, the SatNOGS hardware team has experimented with various gear designs. All of them where designed and 3D printed from scratch focusing on ease of reproduction and excellent mechanical operation and properties. The new gear assembly (which is almost identical for both […]
SatNOGS is focused on TX operations for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Most satellites in those orbits transmit signals in relatively low power (compared to GSO satellites). 100mW to 2W is a typical range for LEO. Given that power output and our RX assembly (yagi + dvb dongle for reception) […]
SatNOGS as a project has been concieved as many Satellite Ground Station implementations (like the v0.1 which is ready) coupled together under a global Network that would enable anyone to utilize SatNOGS as a single platform for observations. The UX idea is simple. An observer/astronomer/maker/hacker accesses our global Network via […]