Flyby is a console based satellite tracking program that can track a satellite across the sky with an antenna and adjust your radio with uplink and downlink frequency doppler shift.
Satellite orbit parameters are given as NORAD two-line element sets (TLEs). You can use any rotator controller and radio supported by hamlib.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/la1k/flyby
Support:
Developer: Norvald H. Ryeng (LA6YKA), Knut Magnus Kvamtrø (LA3DPA), Thomas Ingebretsen (LA9ERA) and Asgeir Bjorgan (LA9SSA)
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Flyby is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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