https://github.com/astronomersiva/satellite-passes-notifier
Pop up notifications for Ubuntu if there is an ISS pass or Iridium flare in the next one hour
https://github.com/astronomersiva/satellite-passes-notifier
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Pop up notifications for Ubuntu if there is an ISS pass or Iridium flare in the next one hour
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/astronomersiva/satellite-passes-notifier
- Owner: astronomersiva
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2014-12-07T05:36:34.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-06-02T18:23:38.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-10T13:12:14.569Z (3 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 284 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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satellite-passes-notifier
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Pop up notifications for Ubuntu if there is an ISS pass or Iridium flare in the next one hour.
[Work in progress](https://github.com/astronomersiva/satellite-passes-notifier/tree/patch_mac_osx) for Mac OS X. Feel free to contribute :)
#### Requirements
Use the terminal to execute these commands.
* **PyNotify** Use `sudo pip install pynotify`
* **Mechanize** Use `sudo pip install mechanize`
* **Beautiful Soup** Use `sudo pip install beautifulsoup`
#### Setup
1. Specify your [heavens-above.com](http://www.heavens-above.com) credentials in the iridiumFetch.py file.
2. Add the two Python scripts to Crontab using the following steps:
1. Terminal -> crontab -e
2. Navigate to the bottom of the screen just after the lines that start with # sign.
3. Enter the following lines.
1. `0 * * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/python /home/userName/cronIridium.py`
2. `@reboot /usr/bin/python /home/userName/iridiumFetch.py &`
4. Ctrl + O write these lines to the Cron table.
5. Ctrl + X to close the Crontab.
This is how the notification for Iridium flares look like.
