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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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300 points drewr | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.529s | source
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mlfreeman ◴[29 Jun 25 00:31 UTC] No.44409344[source]▶
Are the satellites being turned off, or could people with SDRs pick this up directly from space and offer it up for free?
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ethan_smith ◴[29 Jun 25 00:42 UTC] No.44409401[source]▶
Yes, many weather satellites broadcast in frequencies accessible to amateur SDR setups (137-138MHz for NOAA polar orbiting satellites), though military weather satellites like DMSP use different frequencies and encryption that make civilian reception significantly more challenging.
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1. hypercube33 ◴[29 Jun 25 04:40 UTC] No.44410405[source]▶
saveitforparts actively vlogs about the weather satellite sdr stuff. It's an interesting thing to learn about