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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 30

MetOp-SG-A1 ( @eumetsat.int ) is now transmitting some data from its MWS and 3MI instruments!

Received by @redplanet00.bsky.social.

3MI can be in color, however automating the process will take a bit of time. Support will be pushed to SatDump very soon.

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lego11 @lego11.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come già anticipato nel post del NOAA-15 (RIP), adesso anche i satelliti USA futuri sono stati praticamente tutti annullati o lobotomizzati. Ricordo che attualmente nessun satellite USA copre l'orbita delle 08 (ex NOAA 15) e il successore JPSS-3 è previsto... nel 2032!!!
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Aug 20

SCOOP: Trump administration slashes scope of next-generation US weather satellites, eliminating air quality and ocean observing sensors. (1/3)

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 22

And further on - LRD, a replacement for the L-Band HRPT older generations provided, was cut later on following further budget cuts a few years ago.

Those are also the reason NOAA-20 is using the same experimental bus as Suomi NPP, which has several design issues...

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 22

This decision followed a wide change of policy at EUMETSAT where they began slowly becoming a lot more closed than they used to be.

As of now, only the Russian METEORs operate LRPT, and people will have to rely on that now.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 22

A little before, MetOp-A had also launched with plans to operate a compatible LRPT service, but after some technical issues it was disabled - and due to a "lack of users" (on a service that did not exist yet...) - they decided to scrap it on future ones.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 22

It was initially planned to be on the new generation - as a new digital mode named "LRPT" instead of APT. However, that was back with the NPOESS program that had a much larger scope than the current JPSS program.

NPOESS got drastic budget cuts, and LRPT went with it.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 19

Received in Vienna with @r1chae.bsky.social.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 19

NOAA-15 was decommissioned today at 15:26 UTC, with its AVHRR/3 Instrument still in better state than the last 2 remaining on MetOp-B & C.

It wouldn't be so disappointing if this wasn't done for the wrong reasons... Makes you wonder what happened to NOAA.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 17

As of now there is only VCID 8/9 present, that is instrument and spacecraft telemetry, previously on S-Band which now looks quite empty.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 17

Receiving @eumetsat.int's MetOp-SG A1's X-Band Direct Broadcast.

It is 93.3M QPSK (Huge... Bigger DB yet). 1/2, RS 223 I=4 otherwise with both convolutional vectors swapped. All as expected...

Now we just need to wait for EUMETSAT (or well, @esa.int for now) to turn stuff on! :-)

lego11 @lego11.bsky.social · Aug 17

First reception of Metop-SG A1 at my station with @aang23.satdump.org
and his Aaronia Spectran V6!
Signal strength about the same as JPSS-2, but without nulls. About 10-11 dB on a 33° pass for my 1.2 meter Andrew dish.
Signal is filler and telemetry only now, no instrument data yet.

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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 12

Unfortunately no L-Band though... But it should be rather nice on X-Band. Just a bit too wide for many.

Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · Aug 10

That article is quite a bit off though... And sensitive stuff is already encrypted.

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