Open Hardware Automatic Satellite Ground Station for NOAA APT

Megan Zimroth

Open Hardware Automatic Satellite Ground Station for NOAA APT

Open-Weather

AWARD AMOUNT

7000 USD

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Open Weather is a D.I.Y. art, tech and pedagogy project that uses a network of more than a hundred D.I.Y. Satellite Ground Stations to receive automatic picture transmissions (APT) from three orbiting weather satellites to collect weather-related data. The data measurements will go towards building a collective map of planetary weather.

 The ‘Open hardware automatic satellite ground station for NOAA APT’ project brought together members of Open Weather to design and build two prototype Automatic Satellite Ground Stations to receive NOAA-15, NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 APTs, record this signal and send it to a server. Open Weathers’ project start was delayed because of difficulty finding a collaborator with coding and fabrication experience. In April 2024 open-weather began work with Berlin-based artist and coder, Grayson Earle. Since starting their collaboration, they have assembled components; are testing compatible software-defined radio programmes; developing the software; and exploring options for a user interface and feedback functions, such as config files and an LED screen. Moving forward, Open Weather will continue with its prototype, test and debug the hardware. Focused on accessibility for citizen science, Open Weather worked with Croydon School for Girls in London students to set up and install a D.I.Y. ground station.

Upon completion, the project will extend open-weathers’ open-source ecosystem from software and data to hardware and build on the collective’s education resources, such as its popular DIY Satellite Ground Station Guide. This would mark an important step in the collective’s contribution to satellite imagery reception for amateur, citizen science and educational communities. 

Reference Number: SEF-201-2023

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