Jun
11.
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The Sean Madden Memorial Space Program started off as a running joke by Derek Erdmann while my successor as the Head of Mentoring at the Society of Software Engineers. I ran with it.
What am I doing with it? Teaching myself orbital mechanics mostly. Endgame? To live-track Earth satellites in real-time with mobile, embedded, and desktop applications along with satellite dish autoalignment.
Roadmap:
- Learn Orbital Mechanics
- Track Satellites in Real-Time
- Experiment and learn signals processing with the RTL-SDR project
- Determine how to auto-align a satellite dish based on the satellite tracking algorithms above.
- Use the dish and the signals processing bits to receive weather signals from satelllites.
Resources: SMMSP On OwnCloud
Get The Codes: SMMSP On GitHub