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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd.

@dundeesat.bsky.social

920 followers 1.2K following 6.4K posts

A mild-mannered satellite ground station doing space since circa 1960s. Weather satellites our forte. NASA, JAXA, ESA, ISRO, etc. we've done them all. Theme song? "Cowboy Man" by Lyle Lovett. Drink? Yorkshire Tea.

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 6m

EUMETSAT view: Mid-Atlantic to Europe, last 6 hrs. Generated via EUMETSAT. @lindahughes.bsky.social

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 1h

Donate to our Gofundme campaign to build a new, weather satellite imagery antenna, right here! www.gofundme.com/f/dundee-sat...

Donate to Dundee Satellite Receiving Station, organized by Neil Lonie

I'm Neil Lonie, the Station Manager for the former Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (D… Neil Lonie needs your support for Dundee Satellite Receiving Station

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 1h

AVHRR Channel 2 reflected sunlight:

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 1h

AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 1h

METOP-C, 1013 UTC Overpass: @lindahughes.bsky.social @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social @wgoodf.bsky.social @wessexweather.net @winchesterweather.bsky.social @wansteadweather.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @inmet.bsky.social @meteogib.bsky.social

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

Bye to the Champ...
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Ricky Hatton funeral live: Thousands gather as procession around Manchester begins

Final farewells are being said to the former world champion boxer at Manchester Cathedral later.

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Prize committee slams Trump by their award to Marina Machado for her work in promoting DEMOCRACY. A refutation of Trump's attempt at autocracy in America.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

Yup, would be nice! Apparently high pressure anti-cyclonic for a few days potentially across the UK...

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

Very lucky!

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

AVHRR Channel 2 reflected sunlight:

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 2h

METOP-B, 0925 UTC Overpass: Apologies for signal interference striping, beyond our control.

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 3h

EUMETSAT view: UK view to 0830 UTC.

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 3h

Earthquake: Philippines. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/09/a...

Powerful quake rattles southeastern Philippines sending panicked residents into the streets | CNN

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the Philippines Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, sending panicked residents running into the streets as the ground...

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 4h

North Atlantic Conveyor: GeoColour - True Colour daytime, multispectral IR at night - 10 Oct 2025 - to 0710 UTC.

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 4h

EUMETSAT view: Sunrise over Europe to 0710 UTC.

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 6h

All aboard, Friday is here!

Reposted by Dundee Satellite Station Ltd.

Oldham Weather @chadweather.bsky.social · 20h

FRIDAY

Early cloud and the associated patchy rain and drizzle will sink away to the SE. Dry with variable amounts of cloud and a few bright spells for the rest of the day. Best of any brightness in the east. Breeze picking up.

Max 15°C Min 7°C Max Gusts 20mph

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 15h

METOP-C, 2024 Overpass AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:

Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 23h

And there it is, the "Halleluiah Moment" for those folks obsessed with silver as it breaks its 1980 record and climbs above $50 US dollars an ounce. Be very concerned about the state of all fiat currencies now.