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Updated 11-18-2021 NOAA and NASA are now targeting March 1, 2022, as the new launch date for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) mission. The launch was recently scheduled for February 16, 2022. However, shifts in launch dates for missions scheduled ahead of GOES-T prompted NASA, NOAA, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to coordinate … Delve Deeper “GOES-T’s launch has been delayed to March 1, 2022.” »
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced plans on June 25, 2021, to move its geostationary weather satellite, which is scheduled to launch in December, into an operational role “as soon as possible.” This advances the previous GOES-T flyout and operational status schedule by a whopping 4 years. No word as of yet for GOES … Delve Deeper “NOAA to replace GOES17 satellite with GOES T ahead of schedule” »
What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other? Well, I have always said where there’s a will, there’s a way. Over on saveitforparts youtube channel, savitforparts has used his good old American ingenuity to build a GOES receiver with a free DirecTV dish, some cardboard and (a lot of) foil … Delve Deeper “What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other?” »
A radio group in Madrid Spain has been able to lock onto, and receive a signal capable and strong enough to generate imagery using goestools. I am sharing the article here as they used a creative way of obtaining the signal by using the offset dish, upside down!GREAT JOB GUYS! Full article here: https://radio.clubs.etsit.upm.es/blog/2020-12-20-goes/
Well, I gave my PowerPoint Presentation on DIY NOAA APT & GOES-R Satellite Reception using Software Defined Radio. This was done via WebEx and I think there were about 30 + people in virtual attendance. I have to admit it’s been a while since I talked publicly. And I was a bit nervous, but I … Delve Deeper “CIMSS Presentation Results” »
On Sept 14th I’ll be making a presentation to staff of the University of Wisconsin – Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (WHEW long name). The topic will be of DIY NOAA APT and GOES R Satellite Reception using SDR. I have about 7-10 mins for the presentation. I’ll be … Delve Deeper “Invited to present at SSEC CMISS” »
