Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)

Gold Canyon, Arizona

Received in Gold Canyon, Arizona

(South of the Superstition mountains)

 

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Table of the next scheduled satellite passes

Satellite Start of Pass Time Available Maximum Elevation Frequency
name UTC local time* UTC local time* degrees (east or west) MHz
NOAA 15 20 Aug 12:01 20 Aug 05:01 20 Aug 12:16 20 Aug 05:16 37° E 137.50
NOAA 15 20 Aug 13:41 20 Aug 06:41 20 Aug 13:55 20 Aug 06:55 23° W 137.50
NOAA 17 20 Aug 17:16 20 Aug 10:16 20 Aug 17:32 20 Aug 10:32 68° E 137.62
NOAA 17 20 Aug 18:58 20 Aug 11:58 20 Aug 19:10 20 Aug 12:10 13° W 137.62
NOAA 18 20 Aug 18:59 20 Aug 11:59 20 Aug 19:11 20 Aug 12:11 11° E 137.10
NOAA 18 20 Aug 20:36 20 Aug 13:36 20 Aug 20:52 20 Aug 13:52 83° W 137.10

* local time is US Mountain Standard Time.

VEG = Vegetation index
HVCT = False color for daytime passes
MCIR = Map Coloured IR enhancement (used for nighttime passes)
MSA = MultiSpectral Analysis enhancement (used for daytime passes)
MCIR-precip = Map Coloured IR enhancement with colored precipitation (used for nighttime passes)
MSA-precip = MultiSpectral Analysis enhancement with colored precipitation (used for daytime passes)