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NOAA-15 has been decommissioned marking the end of APT
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Thomas Douwes sopuli.xyz thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-07
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Well, there it goes. Today, the 19th of August 2025, NOAA-15 was decommissioned over svalbard. I didn't manage to get the final APT, but this time meti from the satdump discord (and some others) did, and is the picture attached to this post.
Here is a link to their archive website licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0 received by meti.

Earlier, (the svalbard pass before?) the AVHRR patch cooling was disabled, making the IR channels unusable and white on the APT.

With NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 having been decommissioned earlier, as I have made posts about. This is the end of 137MHz APT, but meteor LRPT is still active, and is planned to continue for many years.

Although old, I found APT fun to receive, with it's rhythmic clicking, and analogue images. If anyone is even in this community maybe post your best APT receptions in the comments.

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