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| Developer | Libre Space Foundation |
| Initial release | April 2014; 11 years ago (2014-04) |
| Type | Satellite Ground Station Network |
| License | GNU GPL v3+,AGPL,CERN Open Hardware License |
| Website | satnogs |
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SatNOGS (Satellite Networked Open Ground Station) project is afree software and open source hardware platform aimed to create a satelliteground 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.[1][full citation needed][2][3]
The SatNOGS project was initiated duringNASA SpaceApps Challenge in 2014 atAthens Hackerspace.[4] The project then took part in and won the first place of theHackaday Prize 2014 competition.[5] SatNOGS is currently a project of theLibre Space Foundation.[6]
SatNOGS aims to provide a stack of technologies needed for a distributed network oflow Earth orbit satellite ground stations. In order to implement such a stack the four following different sub-projects are developed[clarification needed]
SatNOGS Network is aweb application for scheduling observations across the network of ground stations.[7][8][full citation needed]
SatNOGS Database is a crowd-sourced application allowing its users to suggest[vague] satellite transmitter information for currently active satellites. Its data is available via anAPI.[clarification needed][9]
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.[10][11]
SatNOGS Ground Station is an open source hardware ground station instrumentation with a rotator,[12] antennas,[13] electronics[14][full citation needed] and connected to the Client. It is based on3D printed components, readily available materials.[citation needed]
A November 2019 SatNOGS blog post summarizes total statistics since establishment:[15]
The global array of ground stations contribute to an effective network for monitoring orbital satellites.[16]
TheEuropean Space Agency utilized the SatNOGS network to gain initial status observations from theOPS-SATCubeSat after launch in December 2019.[17]
