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What’s coming soon to SatDump: SatDump’s development towards version 2.0.0, Major Rewrite: The developers are working on a complete rewrite of the SatDump software to fix previous design flaws and improve the overall system. For the full list and explanation, check here https://www.satdump.org/posts/towards-2.0.0
UPDATE August 13 2025 NOAA 19 was decommissioned early as a result of a battery failure that occurred on August 9, 2025. This battery failure jeopardizes the ability to ensure safe operations of the spacecraft. Based on NOAA’s requirement to responsibly manage on-orbit assets, NOAA-19 was passivated on August 13, 2025 Rev 85130 at 1655 … Delve Deeper “NOAA 15 and 19 Decommisioning” »
Transform Your Devices with Catfood Earth: The Living Planet on Your Screens I wanted to share a nice Windows and Android screensaver/ background that I have been using for a few years. Ever wished you could gaze at Earth from space, watching the subtle dance of day and night, the shifting clouds, and even real-time … Delve Deeper “Global cloud layers on your Devices” »
UPDATE 07-31-2025 End of an Era: Decommissioning the Legacy POES Satellites The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially wrapped up End-of-Life (EOL) testing for NOAA-15 and NOAA-19, signaling the imminent decommissioning of these two venerable spacecraft. As the last operational platforms in the enduring NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) constellation, their retirement marks a significant transition. … Delve Deeper “End Of Life for NOAA 15 and 19?….not so fast…” »
Vitality GOES- A tool to work with imagery and data created by goestools and/or Satdump Jamie Vital has built a Web App for showcasing Geostationary Weather Satellite Data. The software is designed to display text and images received from GOES satellites via goestools and satdump. UPDATE: 3/08/2025 The latest version as of this writing is … Delve Deeper “Vitality GOES” »
NOAA’s GOES-19 Satellite Begins Operations as GOES-East, Enhancing Weather and Space Monitoring NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, the final installment of the advanced GOES-R Series, has officially commenced operations as GOES East. This milestone follows its successful launch on June 25, 2024, and the subsequent thorough testing of its instruments, systems, and data. Positioned 22,236 miles above … Delve Deeper “GOES-19 now GOES-EAST” »
Updated 04/03/2025 Due to the uniquely severe potential of the ongoing Critical Weather Day (CWD), the transition of the GOES-19 satellite to the operational GOES-East position has been postponed. This delay ensures uninterrupted, critical weather monitoring during this period. The transition is now scheduled to occur no earlier than April 7, 2025, at 1510 UTC, … Delve Deeper “GOES 19 Operational Schedule” »
GOES-19 will replace GOES-16 as the operational GOES-East satellite on April 4, 2025. GOES-16 East/West Station Keeping Maneuver and Transition to GOES-19 Data Products Updated 03-17-2025 1400 UTC GOES-16 Transition and Potential Image Artifacts Between March 17th and 31st, GOES-16 will shift its position (drift) from 75.2°W to 75.5°W to accommodate the upcoming GOES-19 satellite. … Delve Deeper “Update – Goes 16 to19 Transition to Operations” »
Until GOES-19 is fully operational (currently expected April 4th), all animations and data are preliminary and non-operational. Beginning February 6, 2025, the Space Weather Prediction Center is presenting new coronagraph images from the GOES-19 Compact Coronagraph-1 (CCOR-1). The images are updated every 15 minutes and are displayed as an animation (CCOR-1 Coronagraph) on the Space Weather … Delve Deeper “GOES-19 CCOR-1 Coronagraph Preliminary Non Operational Data” »
Revolutionizing Space Weather Forecasting The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recently shared groundbreaking imagery captured by the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a cutting-edge solar telescope aboard the GOES-19 satellite. This marks a significant milestone in space weather research, as CCOR-1 is the world’s first operational, space-based coronagraph, providing continuous observations of the sun’s outermost … Delve Deeper “NOAA’s CCOR-1: A New Eye on the Sun” »
