Build a model of a satellite dish, embed a Raspberry Pi and get notifications when the ISS is overhead

Alec Short over at Apollo50 has created Project Arthur. Using paper/card and an embedded Raspberry Pi, Project Arthur uses APIs and IoT services to track the International Space Station and light up an LED embedded in a model of the Goonhilly Earth Satellite Station when it is overhead. Goonhilly enabled the first transatlantic broadcasts and carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s famous broadcasts from the Moon. You can read more about the project here and get the resources and code required from Github.

Thanks Adafruit for spotting this one!

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