balloon-aprs-util
A utility for high altitude balloon APRS tracking. Connects to either APRS-IS or a local KISS TNC (or both!) and listens for the specified callsign. When heard, prints the following:
- Balloon's latitude, longitude, altitude, and horizontal/vertical velocities
- Distance from ground station to balloon
- Angle of attack and bearing (useful for aiming an antenna at the ground station)
Getting started
- Install rustup, if you haven't already
- Clone this repository
- Run with
cargo run --release -- -c BALLOON_CALLSIGN --latitude GROUND_LATITUDE --longitude GROUND_LONGITUDE --altitude GROUND_ALTITUDE(replace capitals with their proper values) and specify either--aprs-isor--kiss - Enjoy!