There are thousands of satellites currently in orbit, with many satellites passing in the sky overhead at any given moment. You can receive some of them yourself with a cheap SDRSoftware Defined Radio and antenna, and with weather satellites, you can receive beautiful images of the Earth as seen from space taken by satellites in orbit, decoded in near real time.
The simplest weather satellites to receive are:
The simplest SSTVSlow Scan TeleVision satellite to receive is:
The simplest amateur satellite to receive is:
To see sample images of what you can receive from these satellites, check out the Satellites page!
You can easily receive these satellites yourself with a cheap SDRSoftware Defined Radio and antenna. More info on these satellites and their broadcasts can be found below.
These satellites pass overhead multiple times a day, but you will get more passes the closer you get to the Earth's poles. These are the easiest satellites to receive as you can get something in your result even if the signal is really weak. The currently active satellites are . Each of their signals are analogue, so if you listen to the demodulated signal, you can hear the distinct "ticks" and "beeps" of the satellite easily.
[^ This is the NOAA text from above. This is here tempararily as a placeholder] These satellites pass overhead multiple times a day, but you will get more passes if you live by the poles. These are the easiest satellites to receive as you can get something in your result even if the signal is really weak. The currently active satellites are . Each of their signals are analogue, so if you listen to the demodulated signal, you can hear the distinct "ticks" and "beeps" of the satellite easily.
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