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Rotation Period

01 Aug 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Aug 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Aug 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
04 Aug 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Aug 2025 = 3.96 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Aug 2025 = 3.97 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
08 Aug 2025 = 3.96 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
09 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Aug 2025 = 3.97 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
13 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 Aug 2025 = 4.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

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NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 to be Decommissioned

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NOAA has announced the decommissioning of NOAA-15 and NOAA-19. NOAA-15 will be decommissioned on August 12, 2025 and NOAA-19 will be decommissioned on August 19, 2025.

These two remaining satellites in the NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) Constellation are far beyond their primary mission design life. All have incurred subsystem and instrument degradation or failures and have entered a “twilight phase” where failure modes are increasingly likely. NOAA has completed End of Life (EOL) testing activities for NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 and will commence the decommission process shortly. NOAA-18 had previously been decommissioned on June 6, 2025 at 1740 UTC.

Many amateur satellite enthusiasts have copied the APT weather data from NOAA’s POES satellites over the years. With a strong signal at 137 MHz, these satellites have served as a gateway to satellite reception.

The decommissioning of these satellites represents an end of an era.

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Rotation Period

18 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 Jul 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
20 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 Jul 2025 = 3.87 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 Jul 2025 = 3.87 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Jul 2025 = 3.90 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
31 Jul 2025 = 3.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

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Rotation Period

04 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Jul 2025 = 3.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Jul 2025 = 3.83 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
08 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
09 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Jul 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Jul 2025 =
13 Jul 2025 =
14 Jul 2025 = 3.87 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Jul 2025 = 3.90 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Jul 2025 =

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Rotation Period

20 Jun 2025 = 3.70 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Jun 2025 = 4.01 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 Jun 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 Jun 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 Jun 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 Jun 2025 =
26 Jun 2025 = 3.80 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Jun 2025 = 3.88 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Jun 2025 = 3.61 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Jun 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Jun 2025 = 3.76 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Jul 2025 = 3.79 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Jul 2025 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

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Rotation Period
23 May 2025 = 2.82 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 May 2025 = 2.82 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 May 2025 = 2.88 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 May 2025 = 2.92 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 May 2025 = 3.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 May 2025 = 3.03 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 May 2025 = 3.16 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 May 2025 = 3.17 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
31 May 2025 = 3.26 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Jun 2025 = 3.27 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Jun 2025 = 3.23 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Jun 2025 = 3.32 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
04 Jun 2025 = 3.36 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Jun 2025 = 3.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Jun 2025 = 3.47 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Jun 2025 = 3.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
08 Jun 2025 =
09 Jun 2025 = 3.56 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Jun 2025 = 3.53 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Jun 2025 = 3.62 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Jun 2025 = 3.65 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
13 Jun 2025 = 3.67 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 Jun 2025 = 3.67 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Jun 2025 = 3.70 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Jun 2025 = 3.65 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Jun 2025 = 3.69 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 Jun 2025 = 3.73 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 Jun 2025 = 3.77 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

Latest WOD downloaded and extracted from the real-time telemetry

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