Sovereign Ground Station

Your Eyes on the Heavens.
Your Voice Across the Earth.

Real-time planetary visualization, astrometry plate-solving, satellite orbit tracking, and full amateur radio communications — all running 100% offline on your sovereign hardware. No cloud. No subscriptions. No permission required.

Sovereign Ground Station — Alfred Linux command center with planetary visualization and satellite tracking
Planetary Visualization

See the Earth As God Sees It

Photorealistic 3D rendering of the Earth, Moon, Mars, and the entire solar system — live cloud maps, real-time day/night terminator lines, and satellite orbital overlays painted directly onto your desktop.

Using XPlanet and KStars natively, AlfredOS calculates exact orbital mechanics rather than playing pre-rendered video. Every pixel reflects true mathematical reality.

KStars Planetarium and Orbital Map UI
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XPlanet — Living Planet Engine

Renders photorealistic 3D globes of Earth with exact real-time day/night shadow terminator lines, live cloud cover overlays, and accurate continental lighting.

xplanet 1.3.1
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KStars — Sovereign Planetarium

A full desktop planetarium rendering 100 million+ stars, all 88 constellations, deep-sky objects, planets, comets, and asteroids in real-time.

kstars + INDI drivers
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Astrometry — Plate Solving

Take a photograph of the night sky with any camera. Feed it into the sovereign astrometry engine. It identifies every star and celestial coordinate.

python3-astrometry 0.97
Satellite & GPS Tracking

Track Every Object in Orbit

From the International Space Station to Starlink constellations to classified military satellites — plot their real-time orbital trajectories directly on your XPlanet globe and KStars star map.

Hook into GPSD to acquire hardware atomic time and exact terrestrial positioning, while Keplerian TLE propagators calculate orbital intersection windows entirely offline.

Multi-monitor tactical ground station displaying satellite orbital trajectories
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GPSD — Position Authority

Interprets data from any connected GPS receiver (USB, serial, Bluetooth) and provides precise position and atomic-accurate time to the entire OS.

gpsd
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TLE Orbital Mechanics

Download Two-Line Element sets once, then track satellite positions indefinitely offline using Keplerian orbital propagation.

xplanet + kstars
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CFITSIO — Astronomical Data

Native support for the FITS format — the universal standard for astronomical images. Read telescope CCD captures and spectral data.

libcfitsio-bin
Amateur Radio & Mesh Communications

Communicate Without Permission

A full amateur radio digital communications suite — from weak-signal moonbounce contacts to emergency packet radio mesh networks. When the internet goes dark, your sovereign OS keeps talking.

Plug your HF or VHF/UHF radio directly into Alfred Linux. The built-in HAMLIB rig control and pulse audio suites handle PTT (Push-to-Talk) and ALC negotiation instantly.

Off-grid amateur radio field station on a mountain peak at night
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WSJT-X — Weak Signal

FT8, FT4, JT65, WSPR — contact stations across the planet using signals so weak they are invisible to the human ear. Moonbounce capable.

wsjtx
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JS8Call — HF Messaging

Real-time keyboard-to-keyboard messaging over HF radio. Store-and-forward messaging. Automatic relay through intermediate stations.

js8call
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Direwolf — Software TNC

Transforms any soundcard into a high-performance AX.25 packet radio Terminal Node Controller. APRS digipeating and beacons.

direwolf
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Fldigi — Digital Mode Cockpit

The Swiss Army knife of amateur radio digital modes. PSK31, RTTY, MFSK, Olivia, and 80+ more modulation schemes.

fldigi
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Hamlib — Rig Control

Standardized API for controlling 200+ radio transceivers, rotators, and tuners from any manufacturer. Change frequency programmatically.

libhamlib-utils
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Hamradio Files

Pre-loaded reference data including band plans, frequency allocations, Q-codes, RST signal reports, and phonetic alphabets.

hamradio-files

God-Tier Use Cases

Scenario 01: The Storm Spotter

The Resilient Emergency Coordinator

When Hurricane Season wipes out cellular towers, internet backbones, and the local power grid, David's AlfredOS laptop powered by solar becomes the county's only lifeline to the outside world.

  • Rig Control: David plugs in his Icom IC-7300 via a single USB cable. AlfredOS immediately recognizes the internal sound card and serial port, loading `hamlib` drivers without a single prompt.
  • APRS Digipeating: He boots up `direwolf` in the background, turning his laptop into an AX.25 packet radio relay, picking up GPS position beacons from stranded search-and-rescue teams on VHF.
  • Store-and-Forward: Using `JS8Call` on the 40-meter HF band, he bounces a digital SOS message off the ionosphere to a station 800 miles away, which automatically relays it to an internet-connected gateway and emails FEMA.
Scenario 02: The Eclipse Chaser

The Astronomical Photographer

Deep in a designated Dark Sky Park with zero Wi-Fi, Sarah is running a complex multi-telescope astrophotography rig to capture a rare transit event.

  • Hardware Mastery: `INDI drivers` natively recognize her ZWO cooled CCD cameras and equatorial mount. `KStars` acts as her master control hub.
  • Offline Plate Solving: She takes a 10-second test exposure. `python3-astrometry` analyzes the star patterns locally against 30GB of cached FITS indexes. Within 4 seconds, the mount syncs to exact celestial coordinates — no cloud API required.
  • Total Automation: `Ekos` (inside KStars) takes over, executing a sequence of 300 automated exposures, tracking the target perfectly against the Earth's rotation, and saving the raw FITS data directly to her encrypted ZFS vault.
Scenario 03: The Aerospace Engineer

The Orbital Mechanic

Working on a private aerospace telemetry project, Marcus needs to track the intersection of a new low-earth orbit (LEO) payload against the existing Starlink constellation.

  • Precision Timing: A USB GPS puck feeds `gpsd`, providing Stratum 1 atomic time synchronization to his offline laptop, ensuring his orbital calculations are accurate to the millisecond.
  • Keplerian Tracking: He inputs the payload's Two-Line Element (TLE) set into `XPlanet`. The OS calculates the Keplerian orbital propagation, painting a glowing cyan trajectory across a 3D Earth right on his desktop.
  • Visual Intersection: Loading the Starlink TLE database into `KStars`, he simulates time forward by 72 hours, visually verifying the exact moment and azimuth where the payload will crest the horizon for a ground-station downlink.

Complete Package Manifest

Every astronomy, satellite, and radio package pre-installed in the Alfred Linux 7.77 Golden Master ISO.

PackageVersionPurposeStatus
xplanet1.3.1-3Real-time photorealistic planetary renderingNative
kstarsLatestDesktop planetarium & telescope controllerNative
python3-astrometry0.97Blind astrometric plate solvingNative
gpsdLatestGPS daemon — position & time authorityNative
libcfitsio-bin4.6.2Astronomical FITS image/data formatNative
wsjtxLatestFT8/FT4/JT65 weak-signal communicationNative
js8callLatestKeyboard-to-keyboard HF messagingNative
direwolfLatestSoftware packet radio TNC / APRSNative
fldigiLatest80+ digital radio modesNative
libhamlib-utilsLatestUniversal rig control for 200+ radiosNative
hamradio-files2025Band plans, frequency databases, referencesNative
libindidriver11.9.9INDI telescope/camera instrument driversNative
python3-astropy-iers-data2025Earth rotation parameters for precisionOffline
python3-erfa2.0.1Essential routines for fundamental astronomyNative

The Heavens Declare His Glory.

Every tool to observe, track, and communicate — pre-installed, pre-configured, and fully sovereign. No cloud required. No subscription. No permission.

 Download Alfred Linux 7.77