ITP: gr-satellites -- telemetry decoders for satellites using the Amateur radio bands
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "A. Maitland Bottoms" <bottoms@debian.org>
* Package name : gr-satellites
Version : v3.4.0
Upstream Author : Daniel Estévez
* URL : https://github.com/daniestevez/gr-satellites
* License : (GPL v3)
Programming Lang: (C++, Python)
Description : Telemetry decoders for satellites using the Amateur
radio bands
gr-satellites is a GNU Radio out-of-tree module encompassing a
collection of telemetry decoders that supports many different Amateur
satellites. This open-source project started in 2015 with the goal of
providing telemetry decoders for all the satellites that transmit on
the Amateur radio bands.
It supports most popular protocols, such as AX.25, the GOMspace NanoCom
U482C and AX100 modems, an important part of the CCSDS stack, the AO-40
protocol used in the FUNcube satellites, and several ad-hoc protocols
used in other satellites.
This out-of-tree module can be used to decode frames transmitted from
most Amateur satellites in orbit, performing demodulation, forward
error correction, etc. Decoded frames can be saved to a file or
displayed in hex format. For some satellites the telemetry format
definition is included in gr-satellites, so the decoded telemetry
frames can be printed out as human-readable values such as bus voltages
and currents. Additionally, some satellites transmit files such as JPEG
images. gr-satellites can be used to reassemble these files and even
display the images in real-time as they are being received.
gr-satellites can be used as a set of building blocks to implement
decoders for other satellites or other groundstation solutions. Some of
the low level blocks in gr-satellites are also useful for other kinds
RF communications protocols.
Preliminary package is already prepared - plan is to do packaging under
the Debian Hamradio Maintainers Team and Salsa.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHams/
https://salsa.debian.org/debian-hamradio-team
While this has been (and will continue to be) a frequently updated
project, there are some satellite signals supported that would be
useful to decode during the lifespan of a stable Debian release.
-Maitland (AA4HS)
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