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EL SEGUNDO / 33.9192° N RECEIVE-ONLY FIRST LIVE ORBITS / REHEARSED SOUND NO LOCATION REQUESTED

INDUSTRY NEXT / SKY SCORE 001 / FIELD TEST

The sky
is local.

A clear-evening picnic for catching one real orbital pass and turning the wait into color, bells, snacks, drawings, and a reason to look up together.

Play the sky Read the picnic score
LIVE SKY MODEL / CONNECTING 10° RADIO HORIZON

Looking for the next pass over El Segundo…

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OBJECT
Listening…
PEAK
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WINDOW
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LIVEOrbital elements + modeled passes

Current public TLE data, calculated for a fixed El Segundo observer.

REHEARSALBrowser bells + packet blooms

Synthesized locally after your tap. No receiver is connected to this page.

NEXTTinyGS or SatNOGS receiver

Physical radio reception becomes its own verified field test.

01 / EL SEGUNDO PASS BOARD

Who is
coming over?

Predicted radio-horizon windows for three public satellites. A pass means geometry is favorable—not that a signal will be received.

ACQUIRINGTHE SKY FEED IS TURNING

The instrument works even if orbital data is resting.

MODEL STATUS / CONNECTING

SGP4 predictions from current CelesTrak GP/TLE elements. Fixed city-center coordinates; this page never requests your location.

Inspect the orbital source

02 / TONE BLOOM FOR ORBIT

Give the wait
a little music.

Tap the sky above or rehearse one packet. Every sound is generated in this browser, only after you ask for it, and disappears when the page closes.

SIMULATED PACKET / LOCAL SYNTH / NO RADIO CONNECTED

RX REHEARSAL / LOCAL000 BLOOMS
  1. READYTouch the sky or rehearse a packet.Nothing is received until hardware says so.

Sky instrument ready.

03 / A PICNIC ANYONE CAN JOIN

Bring what
time you have.

The receiver is one role. The picnic also needs a sky scout, a blanket, one speaker, drawings, snacks, and people who simply arrive.

15 MIN

Star scout

Choose one promising pass and write the time where everyone can see it.

OUTPUT / ONE CLEAR INVITATION
30 MIN

Picnic signal

Bring a blanket, thermos, tiny light, sign, or something easy to share.

OUTPUT / A PLACE TO LAND
60 MIN

Receiver friend

Flash a TinyGS board, tune the antenna, and record what actually happens.

OUTPUT / ONE HONEST RECEIPT
REST

Look up

No task. No account. No requirement to understand the machinery.

OUTPUT / BEING THERE COUNTS

04 / FROM BROWSER TO BLANKET

First hear
the idea.
Then build the ear.

Version one is a public rehearsal. The hardware path stays small and receive-only.

  1. 01
    Play this page

    Use the live pass board and local synth to choose the feeling of the gathering.

  2. 02
    Make one TinyGS station

    A supported ESP32 LoRa board, tuned antenna, power, and clear-enough sky.

    Open TinyGS ↗
  3. 03
    Graduate to SatNOGS

    Add a software-defined receiver, station computer, and more capable antenna system.

    Open SatNOGS Kit ↗
  4. 04
    Publish the receipt

    Date, place, pass, equipment, settings, what was heard, and what was not.

THE SKY IS LOCAL / SATELLITE PICNIC 001

Blanket.
Thermos.
Orbit.

Find the next pass Return to the hardware guide