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METEOR

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:04 pm
by m3eay
hi can anyone tell me if there any sites where i can find schedules of the meteor sats passing over the uk many tjks to all that look and answer this add :P

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:24 am
by Weasel
First, what is METEOR in the European satellite program?

Second, MeteoSats are geostationary - they don't "pass" over the UK.

Third, MetOp-A is the new polar orbiting European satellite. Might want to check its overpass times with Fred on this board.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:18 am
by Fred
Hello m3eay

There are no Meteors at the moment, only NOAA's. The easiest way to follow them is downloading a tracking program, e.g. WXTrack of David Taylor. See http://www.satsignal.net/

Fred

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:05 pm
by Weasel
I don't know if this supplements what Fred (thanks Fred!) already posted or not. It probably doesn't - satellite tracking isn't my thing though... might want to take a look and decide for yourself:

LIST SERVERS
WX SAT (all polar orbiting and geostationary meteorological satellites): Timely E-Mail of information (TBUS, TLEs), questions, and discussions. Send E-Mail to "wxsat-request@met.fsu.edu" with blank subject line and "subscribe your name" as the message (where "your name" is your actual name). This site does not distribute imagery. Not affiliated with NOAA. Administrator: Florida State University Meteorology Department.

http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/links.html

Another link, this one from Scotland (I think I got it form Taylor's site), that has great satellite imagery:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/

You have to do a free registration to get the imagery.