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
https://libre.space/
SatNOGS - Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations
https://satnogs.org/
SatNOGS WIKI - Documentation from building, understanding and operating a ground stations and everything in between
https://wiki.satnogs.org/Main_Page
SatNOGS Community Pages - Forums
https://community.libre.space/c/satnogs/6
SatNOGS Dashboard - Visualizing satellite telemetry data
https://dashboard.satnogs.org/
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To learn more about satellite and space communications please visit the following:
The Amateur Satellite Corporation - AMSAT
https://www.amsat.org/
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
https://www.ariss.org/
The American Radio Relay League
https://www.arrl.org/space-communication
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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