WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
I understand that Metop-A AHRPT direct readout is off until further notice due to a temperature spike in the transmitter. The EPS GDS products on Eumetcast (ie...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
There is a very interesting story on the Eumetsat site at :- http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/News/030000?l=en about apparent damage to Meteosat 8 by...
Very interesting. In fact the incident happened prior to the RS service commencing in June ( for 3 months ) so certainly a good sign that the service was able...
... A victim of the deliberate FY-1C destruction? David -- SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements Web: http://www.satsignal.eu ...
Information on this incident was actually released in small Danish newspaper almost three weeks ago (on June 21th). So I was awaiting any info from EumetSat on...
David, No, the FY 1C debris wouldn't be likely to have caused this incident, since it is in a much lower orbit. If you're interested in the details, look on...
Dr. T.S. Kelso
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Jul 9, 2007 5:10 pm
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... Thanks for that clarification, TS. Your analysis and movie of the event was most interesting, and I had recalled that some debris could reach a ...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
My understanding is that in the near future, subject to Eumetsat agreement, NOAA 18's APT will be switched from VTX2 to VTX1 ie 137.100 MHz. Watch this space...
Stefano, I am presently unable to confirm this, but information I read 18 months ago suggested that Sich 2 would be purely digital. In this day and age I...
... I do hope there will be another Sich satellite. This particular one was first announced about 8 years ago and there lies the problem. Russian / Ukraine...
Stefano, Yes that article you refer to is over 10 years old, and the Sich-2 it refers to was either Okean 0 or Sich 1M. In the 90's it was very difficult to...
It is most curious that the actual web site for this spacecraft contains completely invalid e-mail addresses that routinely bounce, the search function always...
Yes, I agree with your words, but in a mix of new standards (new fengyun/metop AHRPT, Sich ??, next NOAA NPOESS system, LRIT/HRIT form MSG) the sensation that...
In a message dated 04/08/2007 16:28:56 GMT Daylight Time, stefano.grassi-bubo@... writes: in a mix of new standards (new fengyun/metop AHRPT, Sich ??,...
Hello Douglas, MTSAT-1R will be on until 12 March 2008, extending their original cutoff a few months. Obviously many thousands (millions ?) can receive Wefax...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans....
NOAA and NASA have announced a contract modification for the NOAA N' satellite. The satellite will not now be launched until February 2009. The specific...