diff --git a/application/controllers/Satellite.php b/application/controllers/Satellite.php
index a586c9ee9..1e2257a08 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Satellite.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Satellite.php
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ class Satellite extends CI_Controller {
 		$this->load->model('stations');
 
 		$pageData['satellites'] = $this->satellite_model->get_all_satellites_with_tle();
+		$data['lastworkedsat'] = $this->satellite_model->get_last_worked_sat();
 
 		$footerData = [];
 		$footerData['scripts'] = [
@@ -207,11 +208,10 @@ class Satellite extends CI_Controller {
 
 		$this->load->library('Qra');
 		$pageData['latlng'] = $this->qra->qra2latlong($homegrid[0]);
-		$data['selsat']=strtoupper($sat ?? '');
 		// Render Page
 		$pageData['page_title'] = "Satellite Flightpath";
 		$this->load->view('interface_assets/header', $pageData);
-		$this->load->view('satellite/flightpath',$data);
+		$this->load->view('satellite/flightpath', $data);
 		$this->load->view('interface_assets/footer', $footerData);
 	}
 
diff --git a/application/models/Satellite_model.php b/application/models/Satellite_model.php
index c86d5afca..bec8bafef 100644
--- a/application/models/Satellite_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Satellite_model.php
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ class Satellite_model extends CI_Model {
 		return $this->db->query($sql)->result();
 	}
 
+	function get_last_worked_sat() {
+		$this->load->model('logbooks_model');
+		$logbooks_locations_array = $this->logbooks_model->list_logbook_relationships($this->session->userdata('active_station_logbook'));
+		$location_list = "'" . implode("','", $logbooks_locations_array) . "'";
+		$sql = "select COL_SAT_NAME as sat from " . $this->config->item('table_name') .
+			" where station_id in (" . $location_list . ")" .
+			"order by COL_TIME_ON DESC LIMIT 1";
+
+		$query = $this->db->query($sql);
+		$row = $query->row();
+		if (isset($row)) {
+			return ($row->sat);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	function delete($id) {
 		// Clean ID
 		$clean_id = $this->security->xss_clean($id);
diff --git a/application/views/satellite/flightpath.php b/application/views/satellite/flightpath.php
index b6f35a326..fd36cc01c 100644
--- a/application/views/satellite/flightpath.php
+++ b/application/views/satellite/flightpath.php
@@ -40,13 +40,12 @@
 			<select class="form-select my-1 me-sm-2 w-auto"  id="sats" onchange="plot_sat()">
 				<?php foreach($satellites as $sat) {
 					echo '<option value="' . $sat->satname . '"';
-					if ($sat->satname == ($selsat ?? '')) { echo ' selected'; }
+					if ($sat->satname == $lastworkedsat) { echo ' selected'; }
 					echo '>' . $sat->satname . '</option>'."\n";
 				} ?>
 			</select>
 
 
-		<input type="hidden" id="selsat" value="<?php echo ($selsat ?? ''); ?>">
 	</form>
 
 </div>