Introduction

SatNOGS

SatNOGS (Satellite Networked Open Ground Station) project is a free software and open source hardware platform aimed at creating a satellite ground station network. The scope of the project is to create a full stack of open technologies based on open standards, and the construction of a full ground station as a showcase of the stack.

In order to implement such a stack, the four following different sub-projects are being developed.

Network

SatNOGS Network is a web application for scheduling observations across the network of ground stations. It facilitates the coordination of satellite signal observations, and scheduling such observations among the satellite ground-stations connected on the network.

Database

SatNOGS Database is a crowd-sourced application allowing its users to suggest satellite transmitter information for currently active satellites. Its data are available via an API or via a web application interface, allowing other project to use its satellite transmitter information.

Client

SatNOGS Client is the software to run on ground stations, usually on embedded systems, that receives the scheduled observations from the Network, receives the satellite transmission and sends it back to the Network web app.

Ground Station

SatNOGS Ground Station is an open source hardware ground station instrumentation with a rotator, antennas, electronics and connected to the Client. It is based on 3D printed components and readily available materials.

Presentations on SatNOGS

• Scott Bragg presented "Decoding Satellites with SatNOGS" at linux.conf.au in 2017.
• Manolis Surligas presented "SatNOGS: An SDR-based Satellite Networked Open Ground Station" at FOSDEM 2017.
• Dan White presented ["SatNOGS: Satelllite Networked Ground Stations"] at the Digital Communications Conference in 2015.