Pi Sat Track

Run the station
from a browser.

Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux or a Raspberry Pi, all used from a browser.

Browser-based amateur satellite tracker — live pass prediction, Doppler-corrected uplink/downlink, modular radio control, and optional rotator pointing — all from a web UI. Runs headless on a Pi (or Windows/Mac/Linux); use from any browser on the network.

  • Windows · Mac · Linux · Pi
  • 2D · 3D · radar
  • Headless on a Pi
Watch the demo
Pi Sat Track full window on an ISS pass preview, with the next-pass list, map, rotor gauges, and radio panel.
ISS pass preview.

On a pass

What you do with it

Map, globe, logging, WSJT-X, APRS, and AMSAT are in the feature list.

  1. 01

    Watch the pass

    Live pass prediction in the web UI.

  2. 02

    Work the radio

    Doppler-corrected uplink and downlink, with modular radio control.

  3. 03

    Point the antenna

    Optional rotator pointing when a controller is connected.

Map view following ISS, with the ground track, footprint, and next-pass list.

The screen

The station, in one window.

Live pass prediction, the map, and the radio, open in any browser on the network.

Computers

Pick a computer

macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS share one .run installer. Linux and Raspberry Pi OS runinstall-pi.sh and install a systemd user service named sat-tracker.

Keep going

The rest of the station is one page over.