OrbiMote: open-sourced LoRaWAN high-altitude balloon (HAB) tracker
"urbi et orbi" : to the city and the world
The Orbimote is a LoRa/LoRaWAN endpoint
- for tracking sounding balloons
- and for implementing flying repeaters and flying field testers.
HW & FW
GNSS additional modules for near-space applications
According CoCom regulations, most of commercial GPS modules stop at altitudes higher than 18000 meters and for speeds higher than 1000 knots (1852 km/h).
Here is a list of GPS modules : gnss_modules.md
Barometers for near-space applications
Here is a list of barometer components and modules : barometers.md
Flights
2019
Valence, May 2019. more
Legend: The balloon track (in red), Orange Liveobject stations (in orange), TTN stations (in grey)
2020
Aire-sur-l'Adour, September 2020. more
Legend: The balloon track (in green for departure, blue line and red for arrival), Orange Liveobject stations (in blue)
2021
Aire-sur-l'Adour, April 2021. more
Legend: The 3 balloons tracks (in green for departure, red for arrival), Orange Liveobject stations in orange, Requea stations in blue, Swisscom (thru Actility) in red.
Altenatives
Other usages
- Runners trackers
- Meshed-network of trail runners/trekers
License
TBD
Authors
- Didier DONSEZ
- Vivien QUEMA
- Gregory NOCERA