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Getting started

Install Pi Sat Track and open the station UI in a browser.

Pi Sat Track runs on the computer at the station. The screen you operate is a page in a web browser, on that computer or on another machine on the same network.

Install

Pick the file on the Downloads page.

  • Windows. Run the one-click .exe setup.
  • macOS 12 or newer (Apple Silicon and Intel). Run the same .run file used on Linux and Raspberry Pi OS.
  • Linux and Raspberry Pi OS. Run the .run file. It runs install-pi.sh and installs a systemd user service named sat-tracker.

The buttons on that page are placeholders. They do not download a file yet.

On Linux and Raspberry Pi OS you can check the user service with:

systemctl --user status sat-tracker

Mark the .run file executable before you start it, then run it.

Open the UI

Open a browser on the machine that runs Pi Sat Track, or a browser on another computer on the LAN.

The app shows the local address when it starts. A fixed public URL is not part of this guide yet.

A pass on the map

Map close-up of AO-91 with AOS time, range, and altitude.
Map readout during a pass: AOS, range, and altitude.

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