Receivable Satellites

NOAA 15 / 18 / 19 Series Weather Satellites

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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration POES Satellites General Information: Passes overhead multiple times a day Easiest satellites to receive You can get something even if the signal is really weak Analogue Signal About this pass: You can see Cyclone Harold, a category 5 cyclone, in the top left of the image. The eye of the storm is clearly visible. Max pass elevation - 79° Pass start (NZST) - Mon 06 Apr 2020 09:03:32/li> Pass end (NZST) - Mon 06 Apr 2020 09:19:25/li> Pass start (UTC) - Sun 05 Apr 2020 21:03:32/li> Pass end (UTC) - Sun 05 Apr 2020 21:19:25/li> SDR type - RTL-SDR v3 (RTL2838UHIDIR) Antenna - Quadrifilar Helicoidal antenna (137.6 MHz) Hardware used - RTL-SDR FM Block, Nooelec NOAA Sawbird (LNA + Bandpass Filter)

Meteor-M Series Weather Satellites

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Meteor-M2 & Meteor-M2-2 General Information: The pass on the left from Meteor-M 2 was received perfectly. However, the horizontal black lines you see in the decode are caused by buffer overflows in a code bug on the satellite itself. These overflows occur when the satellite has received a certain amount of data (so more often over land than sea), and this typically happens around once every 6 minutes. Meteor M2-2's LRPT was disabled because it was hit by a micrometeorite in 2019. Pass Information: Max pass elevation - 62° Pass start (NZDT) - Tue 11 Feb 2020 08:43:57 Pass end (NZDT) - Tue 11 Feb 2020 08:59:15 Pass start (UTC) - Mon 10 Feb 2020 19:43:57 Pass end (UTC) - Mon 10 Feb 2020 19:59:15 SDR type - RTL-SDR v3 (RTL2838UHIDIR) Antenna - Quadrifilar Helicoidal antenna (137.6 MHz) Frequency range - 135-140 MHz from bandpass filter Modules - RTL-SDR FM Block, Nooelec NOAA Sawbird (LNA + Bandpass Filter)

ISS Zarya Module

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ISSInternational Space Station Zarya Module General Information: The ISSInternational Space Station is a joint project between between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada) There have been crew living aboard continuously since 2nd November 2000 The ISS travels at an orbital speed of 8Km per second. That means it circles the entire planet once every 90 minutes! The ISS is the largest manned object ever assembled in space, requiring multiple launches from Russian and American satellite launchers. It is the single most expensive object ever built. The cost of the ISS has been estimated at over $120 billion! Pass Information: Occasionally broadcasts SSTVSlow Scan TeleVision as part of "events" on frequency 145.8MHz SSTV is relatively straightforward to receive, although the ISS only broadcasts on an infrequent basis. More info about upcoming events can be found on the Satellite Status page.