Noaa apt satellites

1. What is NOAA APT?
2. How many satellites does NOAA have?
3. How do I get NOAA satellite?
4. Is NOAA 15 still active?

What is NOAA APT?

Free (GPLv3) NOAA APT decoder, available for GNU/Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi 2+, OSX and Android+Termux. noaa-apt takes a recorded WAV file and decodes the image. As an example, this is a WAV file I recorded using GQRX using a RTL-SDR and a double cross antenna.

How many satellites does NOAA have?

NOAA owns and operates eleven satellites, which include: Five geostationary (GOES-14, -15, -16, -17 and -18) Five polar-orbiting (NOAA-15, -18, -19, -20, and -21) One deep space satellite (DSCOVR)

How do I get NOAA satellite?

NOAA Weather Satellite Antennas

The NOAA APT weather satellites broadcast their signal at about 137 MHz, and their signals are also right hand circularly polarized (RHCP), which means you will need a right hand circularly polarized antenna to properly receive the signals.

Is NOAA 15 still active?

It was launched by the Titan 23G launch vehicle on 13 May 1998 at 15:52:04 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base, at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 (SLW-4W), NOAA-15 replaced the decommissioned NOAA-12 in an afternoon equator-crossing orbit and is in 2021 semi-operational, in a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), at 808.0 km ...