Meteor M-N1 LRPT images

 

In June 2015 two clever programmers, Oleg and Vasili, published a nice project: AMIGOS (Amateur Meteor Images Global Observation System) combines the various software needed to allow fully automatic reception of the LRPT signal of Meteor M-N1 and M-N2. Two plugins for SDR# provide a QPSK demodulator and a DDE interface to the satellite tracking program Orbitron. Thus Orbitron determines AOS and LOS times and calculates the doppler shift of the receive frequency. SDR# uses this data both, in the QPSK demodulator to receive and demodulate the downlink signal of Meteor M-N1 and M-N2 and also start a decoder software to decode the pictures. The demodulator plugin sends the data via an TCP software interface to the decoder software. In addition the decoder software allows to upload the raw data in realtime to a common server. The inputs of all users are used realtime to create the final picture. Thus signal dropouts of single users get compensated and one can even see the live picture sent by Meteor M-N1 and M-N2 received by another AMIGOS groundstation when not visible at the own location. Finally some postprocessing of the pictures like remapping, rotating, combining channels can be done offline using another nice software called LrptImageProcessor. All used software is provided by the authors free of charge. Here is a screenshot of the various software windows interacting during the very first tests of the software package.

 


 I am now using an Airspy SDR which has an integrated tuner and is connected to the same QFH antenna used for the APT receiver. Below pictures were all fully automated received with this new hardware and software setup. Meteor M-N1 normally transmits at 137.100 MHz but occasionally also switches to 137.900 MHz. It features the following 6 channels of which only 3 are transmitted at a time:
64 = 0.5...0.7um,   65 = 0.7...1.1um,   66 = 1.6...1.8um,   67 = 3.5...4.1um,   68 = 10.5...11.5um,   69 = 11.5...12.5um. 

!!! This may have been the last pictures transmitted by Meteor M-N1. The satellite had increasing problems keeping the attitude and thus ground station operation in Russia possibly decided to cease operation. This is the status as of 20.03.2016 evening !!!


20.03.2016 09:07UTC
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20.03.2016 09:07UTC
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20.03.2016 09:07UTC
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19.03.2016 19:14UTC
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19.03.2016 19:14UTC
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19.03.2016 19:14UTC
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19.03.2016 17:34UTC
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19.03.2016 17:34UTC
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19.03.2016 17:34UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 09:28UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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19.03.2016 07:48UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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13.03.2016 08:15UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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08.03.2016 06:41UTC
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06.03.2016 19:50UTC
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06.03.2016 19:50UTC
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06.03.2016 19:50UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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05.03.2016 08:45UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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02.03.2016 08:09UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 09:13UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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28.02.2016 07:33UTC
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27.02.2016 11:15UTC
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27.02.2016 11:15UTC
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27.02.2016 11:15UTC
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27.02.2016 09:34UTC
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27.02.2016 09:34UTC
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27.02.2016 09:34UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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27.02.2016 07:54UTC
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26.02.2016 19:42UTC
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26.02.2016 19:42UTC
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26.02.2016 19:42UTC
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22.02.2016 19:26UTC
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22.02.2016 19:26UTC
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22.02.2016 19:26UTC
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22.02.2016 11:21UTC
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22.02.2016 11:21UTC
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22.02.2016 11:21UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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22.02.2016 09:40UTC
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21.02.2016 10:02UTC
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21.02.2016 10:02UTC
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21.02.2016 10:02UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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21.02.2016 08:21UTC
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20.02.2016 10:23UTC
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20.02.2016 10:23UTC
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20.02.2016 10:23UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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20.02.2016 08:43UTC
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14.02.2016 09:10UTC
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14.02.2016 09:10UTC
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14.02.2016 09:10UTC
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13.02.2016 09:31UTC
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13.02.2016 09:31UTC
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13.02.2016 09:31UTC
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13.02.2016 07:51UTC
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13.02.2016 07:51UTC
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13.02.2016 07:51UTC
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09.02.2016 07:36UTC
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09.02.2016 07:36UTC
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09.02.2016 07:36UTC
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08.02.2016 09:38UTC
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08.02.2016 09:38UTC
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08.02.2016 09:38UTC
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08.02.2016 07:58UTC
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08.02.2016 07:58UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


08.02.2016 07:58UTC
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08.02.2016 07:58UTC
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08.02.2016 07:58UTC
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08.02.2016 07:58UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 09:59UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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07.02.2016 08:19UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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06.02.2016 08:40UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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05.02.2016 09:01UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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04.02.2016 07:48UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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03.02.2016 08:04UTC
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31.01.2016 09:08UTC
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31.01.2016 09:08UTC
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31.01.2016 09:08UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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31.01.2016 07:28UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 09:29UTC
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30.01.2016 07:56UTC
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30.01.2016 07:56UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


30.01.2016 07:56UTC
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30.01.2016 07:56UTC
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30.01.2016 07:56UTC
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30.01.2016 07:56UTC
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29.01.2016 08:10UTC
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29.01.2016 08:10UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


29.01.2016 08:10UTC
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29.01.2016 08:10UTC
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29.01.2016 08:10UTC
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29.01.2016 08:10UTC
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24.01.2016 08:16UTC
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24.01.2016 08:16UTC
(Channel 1 and 2 combined)


24.01.2016 08:16UTC
(Thermal)


24.01.2016 08:16UTC
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24.01.2016 08:16UTC
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24.01.2016 08:16UTC
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23.01.2016 08:37UTC
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23.01.2016 08:37UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


23.01.2016 08:37UTC
 (Thermal)


23.01.2016 08:37UTC
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23.01.2016 08:37UTC
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23.01.2016 08:37UTC
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16.01.2016 09:26UTC
 (All combined False Color)


16.01.2016 09:26UTC
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16.01.2016 09:26UTC
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16.01.2016 07:46UTC
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16.01.2016 07:46UTC
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16.01.2016 07:46UTC
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10.01.2016 09:54UTC
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10.01.2016 09:54UTC
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10.01.2016 09:54UTC
 (Thermal)


10.01.2016 08:14UTC
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10.01.2016 08:14UTC
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10.01.2016 08:14UTC
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08.01.2016 08:56UTC
 (All combined False Color)


08.01.2016 08:56UTC
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08.01.2016 08:56UTC
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06.01.2016 09:39UTC
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06.01.2016 09:39UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


06.01.2016 09:39UTC
 (Thermal)


06.01.2016 09:39UTC
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06.01.2016 09:39UTC
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06.01.2016 09:39UTC
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05.01.2016 10:00UTC
 (All combined False Color)


05.01.2016 10:00UTC
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05.01.2016 10:00UTC
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04.01.2016 18:28UTC
 (All combined False Color)


04.01.2016 18:28UTC
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03.01.2016 09:02UTC
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03.01.2016 09:02UTC
 (All combined False Color)


03.01.2016 09:02UTC
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03.01.2016 09:02UTC
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03.01.2016 07:23UTC
 (All combined False Color)


03.01.2016 07:23UTC
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03.01.2016 07:23UTC
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01.01.2016 09:45UTC
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01.01.2016 09:45UTC
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01.01.2016 09:45UTC
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01.01.2016 08:05UTC
 (All combined False Color)


01.01.2016 08:05UTC
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01.01.2016 08:05UTC
 (sensor 1.6-1.8um only)


24.12.2015 09:15UTC
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24.12.2015 09:15UTC
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24.12.2015 09:15UTC
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24.12.2015 07:35UTC
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24.12.2015 07:35UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


24.12.2015 07:35UTC
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24.12.2015 07:35UTC
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24.12.2015 07:35UTC
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24.12.2015 07:35UTC
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23.12.2015 09:36UTC
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23.12.2015 09:36UTC
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23.12.2015 09:36UTC
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22.12.2015 08:22UTC
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22.12.2015 08:22UTC
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22.12.2015 08:22UTC
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21.12.2015 10:19UTC
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21.12.2015 10:19UTC
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21.12.2015 10:19UTC
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21.12.2015 08:39UTC
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21.12.2015 08:39UTC
 (Channel 1 and 2 combined)


21.12.2015 08:39UTC
 (Thermal)


21.12.2015 08:39UTC
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21.12.2015 08:39UTC
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21.12.2015 08:39UTC
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20.12.2015 10:41UTC
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20.12.2015 10:41UTC
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20.12.2015 10:41UTC
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20.12.2015 09:00UTC
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20.12.2015 09:00UTC
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20.12.2015 09:00UTC
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20.12.2015 07:20UTC
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20.12.2015 07:20UTC
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20.12.2015 07:20UTC
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19.12.2015 09:23UTC
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19.12.2015 09:23UTC
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19.12.2015 09:23UTC
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13.12.2015 09:49UTC
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13.12.2015 09:49UTC
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13.12.2015 09:49UTC
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13.12.2015 08:09UTC
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13.12.2015 08:09UTC
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13.12.2015 08:09UTC
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12.12.2015 08:30UTC
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12.12.2015 08:30UTC
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12.12.2015 08:30UTC
 (Thermal)


08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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08.12.2015 08:22UTC
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01.12.2015 09:04UTC
 (sensor 1.6-1.8um only)


01.12.2015 09:04UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


01.12.2015 09:04UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


27.11.2015 10:30UTC
 (sensor 1.6-1.8um only)


27.11.2015 10:30UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


27.11.2015 10:30UTC
 (All combined False Color)


27.11.2015 08:56UTC
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27.11.2015 08:56UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


27.11.2015 08:56UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


25.11.2015 11:13UTC
 (sensor 1.6-1.8um only)


25.11.2015 11:13UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


25.11.2015 11:13UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


25.11.2015 09:32UTC
 (sensor 1.6-1.8um only)


25.11.2015 09:32UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


25.11.2015 09:32UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


23.11.2015 20:03UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


23.11.2015 20:03UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


23.11.2015 20:03UTC
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22.11.2015 20:21UTC
 (VIS1 and VIS2 combined)


22.11.2015 20:21UTC
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22.11.2015 20:21UTC
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25.11.2015 09:38UTC
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25.11.2015 09:38UTC
 (sensor 3.5-4.1um only)


25.11.2015 09:38UTC
 (sensor 10.5-11.5um only)


25.11.2015 09:38UTC
 (VIS1 and VIS2 combined)


25.11.2015 09:38UTC
 (All combined False Colour)


25.11.2015 09:38UTC
 (Infrared only)

 

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