Add Sky Catalog section to homepage introducing Craft integration
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<Card title="Satellite Tracking" icon="star">
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<Card title="Satellite Tracking" icon="star">
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Real-time pass prediction from the [Craft API](https://space.warehack.ing), or connect Gpredict via the built-in rotctld server. Search by name, filter by elevation, track automatically.
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Search the sky catalog by name, track targets at 1 Hz, predict upcoming passes. Works standalone via the Craft API or with Gpredict through the built-in rotctld server.
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[Tracking guide →](/guides/satellite-tracking/)
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[Tracking guide →](/guides/satellite-tracking/)
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<Card title="Camera Capture" icon="seti:image">
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## The Sky Catalog
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Birdcage doesn't maintain its own TLE files or orbital prediction engine. It talks to
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[Craft](https://space.warehack.ing) — an open API that knows where everything is.
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Search "ISS" and get its current azimuth and elevation from your location. Search "Moon"
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and point the dish at it. The catalog covers LEO satellites, GPS constellations, geostationary
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birds, deep space probes, and celestial bodies — anything with a known ephemeris.
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The integration runs at three levels:
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- **TUI Craft mode** (F2 → Craft tab) — search, select a target, hit Track. The dish follows at 1 Hz.
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Pass predictions show rise time, peak elevation, and duration. Pass-state transitions
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(AOS → TCA → LOS) feed the Camera overlay for automated capture.
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- **MCP server** — `search_satellites`, `get_passes`, `get_next_pass`, and `get_visible_targets`
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tools let any MCP client query the catalog and compose tracking workflows.
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- **rotctld bridge** — Gpredict and other Hamlib-compatible controllers drive the dish via
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the built-in TCP server on port 4533. Craft provides the orbital data; Gpredict does the math.
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No NORAD catalog numbers to memorize, no TLE files to download, no prediction libraries to configure.
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Type a name, get a position.
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## The TUI
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## The TUI
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