Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers

guest · Aug 5, 2020

Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers
NyanSat is an open source ground station that lets you listen in on low-orbit transmissions for about $100 worth of gear
August 4, 2020
https://www.wired.com/story/nyansat-open-source-satellite-tracker/

The goal is to make low-earth-orbit satellite communication technology much more accessible and swap out the massive, specialized transmitters, antennas, and radio dishes that go into satellite ground stations for open source software and an affordable hardware kit.

NyanSat ground stations aren't refined or powerful enough to replace the real deal, but their strength lies in their potential ubiquity. With one of the devices up and running, you can point NyanSat's antenna to specific coordinates in the sky and listen for the radio frequency transmissions coming from a satellite that's out there.
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Red Balloon researchers designed a custom motherboard, called Antenny, for NyanSat ground stations. The schematics are open source so anyone can make their own, but the team has been selling the boards and other equipment as a kit for $1. The hardware in the kits costs closer to $100 [...]
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