#376 How to receive and track LoRa Satellites (TinyGS). Incl. innovative ideas for your projects

January 15, 2025 Andreas Spiess

Satellites are fascinating but costly and therefore only available to governments, the military, and, recently, also billionaires like Elon Musk (SpaceX) or Jeff Bezos (Amazon).
Undiscovered for most, there is another trend: Universities and small companies can build and launch satellites. Because most of these satellites use open transmission standards, everybody can listen to them. Today we will look at a hobby project which enables us to do so. In addition, the project uses some innovative concepts, where we can learn a lot for other projects. And it shows what the Maker community can achieve if we want.
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Links:
LoRa board used CN: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ars56y
LoRa board SMA CN: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AcjM48
Semi-Rigid Coax cable Male-Male CN: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AOzVM9
Semi-Rigid Coax cable Female-Male CN: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ANzuPi
Power Supply 5V/2A CN: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AbrDzw
T-Beam 915MHz US: https://amzn.to/30E48f2
Project: https://tinygs.com/
How to create your own “Tasmotizer”: https://github.com/4m1g0/Tiny-Uploader
Antenna:
Calculator: https://m0ukd.com/calculators/quarter-wave-ground-plane-antenna-calculator/
Rod: https://ebay.us/fJnG13 (2 or 2.5mm)
SMA connector: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AMIqFr or https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A4iWjX

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