TinyGS - The Open Source Global Satellite Network

TinyGS is a fun little project that uses a LoRa board to receive signals that are transmitted from a LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Satellite that have been sent into space by University’s and other institutions so not large commercial Satellites.

The TinyGS project uses MQTT messages treating the LoRa boards receiving the singles as an IoT (Internet of Things) device, the LoRa board received the signal from the satellite, decodes it and then transforms it to a MQTT message and via an internet connection sends the MQTT message back to the TinyGS project, when they receive the MQTT message they process the message, store the data and then use that data to display information on the TinyGS website.

Each Satellite and TinyGS station have their own page so you can see what information is coming down from space, received by small LoRa boards and send back via the internet to the TinyGS data centre.

Two LoRa (Lilygo T-Beam) boards as they come.

The LoRa board with TinyGS installed.

I have my TinyGS station outside with a cheap Amazon dual band antenna being used so nothing special at this time, this is the coverage I have been able to get over the last 8 days.

If you are intrested in the TinyGS project then take a look at the following website: tinygs.com.

My TinyGS station can be found on the following URL: M7IBW TinyGS Station.

And if you would like more information about how to set up this project then please check out this video.