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OA47

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Posted: 06:41am 10 Sep 2026

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I have a WIFI Pico connected to my Starlink and was wondering if I can extract the Lat and Long from the Starlink IP address. If I open 192.168.100.1 I am presented with a DIAGNOSTICS option and it gives the following information.

{
"id": "ut*********-*********-********",
"hardwareVersion": "mini1_panda_prod1",
"softwareVersion": "2026.08.23.mr85294.1",
"utcOffsetS": 36000,
"hardwareSelfTest": "PASSED",
"hardwareSelfTestCodes": [],
"disablementCode": "OKAY",
"stowed": false,
"overageRateLimited": false,
"alerts": {
"dishIsHeating": false,
"dishThermalThrottle": false,
"dishThermalShutdown": false,
"powerSupplyThermalThrottle": false,
"motorsStuck": false,
"mastNotNearVertical": false,
"slowEthernetSpeeds": false,
"softwareInstallPending": true,
"obstructed": false
},
"alignmentStats": {
"boresightAzimuthDeg": -148.5134735107422,
"boresightElevationDeg": 73.849609375,
"desiredBoresightAzimuthDeg": -165.0261688232422,
"desiredBoresightElevationDeg": 64.61300659179688
}
}

Can the current Lat and Long be calculated from the "alignmentStats"?

OA47

phil99

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Posted: 08:04am 10 Sep 2026

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For a geostationary satellite if you know its Lat and Long you could calculate yours from Azimuth and Elevation (and vice versa).

The Starlink satellites are in low orbits moving at high speed and there would be several in view at any one time so I doubt the information provided is enough.
It is probably just for aiming the antenna panel for best average signal.

Bryan1

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Posted: 09:56pm 11 Sep 2026

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OA just grab a $6 GPS mate as I bought 3 of them and with networking setup one pico3 board can broadcast the Lat & long aswell as the weather forecast to all the other boards hooked up.

One of my jobs today is setting up the GPS to get all the data I can as with my 10.1" LCD it's going to be interesting to see how the GPS goes on speed compared to my dash cam while I'm driving along.

Now I did find it can take awhile before the GPS gets a solid link where the blue led starts flashing and with my code I can see just how many sentences are read over a 120 second period where well over a 1000 are read and once 3 sats are connected it springs to life.

Regards Bryan

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