Starlink Satellite SMS Notifications With Python, Kubernetes,

Set up a CronJob to check for satellites. SpaceX is launching thousands of Starlink satellites to assemble a giant interconnected constellation in space. If you look up at just the right time, you might be lucky enough to spot some. But how can you know ahead of time when a satellite is going to pass overhead?

SpaceX is launching thousands of Starlink satellites to assemble a giant interconnected constellation in space. If you look up at just the right time, you might be lucky enough to spot some. But how can you know ahead of time when a satellite is going to pass overhead?

You don’t have to count on luck to see these tiny silver ants parading across the night sky. This tutorial shows you how to set up a scheduled job to check if a satellite approaches and send an SMS alert out to notify you.

Tutorial Requirements

• Python version 3
• A personal phone number to receive SMS notifications
• A freeTwilio account and a Twilio phone number to send SMS notifications
• A free Docker Hub account, Docker Desktop (for Mac or Windows) or Docker Engine (for Linux) to build and share containerized applications
• A free KubeSail account to deploy your code to a Kubernetes cluster

Set up the Python virtual environment

Make a new project directory, and change into the directory from the command line.

$ mkdir starlink-alert
$ cd starlink-alert

Create a virtual environment called venv. Activate the virtual environment, and then install the required Python packages inside the virtual environment. If you’re on Unix or Mac operating systems, enter these commands in a terminal.

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install twilio python-dotenv datetime pytz skyfield

If you’re on a Windows machine, enter these commands in a command prompt window.

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