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 18 20 Nov 09:57 20 Nov 02:57 20 Nov 10:10 20 Nov 03:10 41° W 137.10
NOAA 15 20 Nov 12:01 20 Nov 05:01 20 Nov 12:14 20 Nov 05:14 40° E 137.50
NOAA 17 20 Nov 16:43 20 Nov 09:43 20 Nov 16:56 20 Nov 09:56 35° E 137.62
NOAA 17 20 Nov 18:24 20 Nov 11:24 20 Nov 18:35 20 Nov 11:35 24° W 137.62
NOAA 18 20 Nov 19:40 20 Nov 12:40 20 Nov 19:52 20 Nov 12:52 28° E 137.10
NOAA 18 20 Nov 21:20 20 Nov 14:20 20 Nov 21:33 20 Nov 14:33 33° 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)