Comments on: Tracking Satellites with GENSO http://dword.dk/blog/2007/12/tracking-satellites-with-genso/ Software development, 3d graphics, open source, and other stuff... Mon, 21 May 2012 00:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DWORD http://dword.dk/blog/2007/12/tracking-satellites-with-genso/#comment-9017 DWORD Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:54:36 +0000 http://dword.dk/blog/2007/12/genso-tracking/#comment-9017 It is mostly amateur radio satellites (e.g. FM repeaters) and student satellites transmitting beacons like the one you hear in the videos. But in principle you just have to know the TLE (orbit), and radio frequency of a satellite, and you can track it. If it is sending data, you can configure a modem to decode it. Beacons and data downloaded from the satellites we track currently are things like battery status, voltages etc. We also got some voice over FM from radio amateurs. Well, about the X-Ufo - all of them have crashed, and it will take a good deal of work to get them flying again, so I haven't for more than a year. But it was great fun as long as it lasted, and especially with the X-3D! :) Maybe I will get time to build one from the remaining parts at some point. I did follow the early development of the new German version with brush-less motors, it's really cool and has a lot of power. But yes, it's also very expensive. I most probably won't spend the money - a crash would be rather frustrating. Actually I bought the original X-Ufos from Amazon in Germany, but as you found out, they are no longer manufactured. It is mostly amateur radio satellites (e.g. FM repeaters) and student satellites transmitting beacons like the one you hear in the videos. But in principle you just have to know the TLE (orbit), and radio frequency of a satellite, and you can track it. If it is sending data, you can configure a modem to decode it. Beacons and data downloaded from the satellites we track currently are things like battery status, voltages etc. We also got some voice over FM from radio amateurs.

Well, about the X-Ufo - all of them have crashed, and it will take a good deal of work to get them flying again, so I haven’t for more than a year. But it was great fun as long as it lasted, and especially with the X-3D! :) Maybe I will get time to build one from the remaining parts at some point. I did follow the early development of the new German version with brush-less motors, it’s really cool and has a lot of power. But yes, it’s also very expensive. I most probably won’t spend the money - a crash would be rather frustrating.

Actually I bought the original X-Ufos from Amazon in Germany, but as you found out, they are no longer manufactured.

]]> By: Axure http://dword.dk/blog/2007/12/tracking-satellites-with-genso/#comment-8970 Axure Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:23:51 +0000 http://dword.dk/blog/2007/12/genso-tracking/#comment-8970 Wow, that's amazing! where have things gone since mid-December? What are those satellites that you're communicating with? What kind of data can you download from them? (i.e. what do they really do?) BTW, how's your X-UFO interest doing? I was considering buying this toy recently, but it seems to be withdrawn from shops - definitely in Poland, and it seems to me in Germany too... There's some new version, but it's insanely expensive. Where did you get yours? In Denmark? Wow, that’s amazing! where have things gone since mid-December?

What are those satellites that you’re communicating with? What kind of data can you download from them? (i.e. what do they really do?)

BTW, how’s your X-UFO interest doing? I was considering buying this toy recently, but it seems to be withdrawn from shops - definitely in Poland, and it seems to me in Germany too… There’s some new version, but it’s insanely expensive. Where did you get yours? In Denmark?

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