Last transmissions from a Year of Weather

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Last transmissions from a Year of Weather

Over two weeks leading up to 19 August 2025, members of the open-weather network captured the final satellite images from NOAA-15, the last of three NOAA satellites to be decommissioned this summer.

The last satellite image received by the open-weather network was on 19 August at 18:56 by a ground station in Mauritius, operated by Maufox.

This storyline – and the wider Public Archive of more than 3,000 images received by amateur ground stations – documents the end of public access to analogue weather satellite transmissions. Unlike the encrypted or digital satellite transmissions that exist today, only simple hardware and software was needed, making them uniquely accessible. Read more

🚧 Collective map under construction.

Zack Wettstein
Seattle, United States

19 Aug 2025 at 15:37 Open ↗

Oppressive Heat Project
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

19 Aug 2025 at 11:42 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Hospitalfield, Arbroath, United Kingdom

19 Aug 2025 at 10:29 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

19 Aug 2025 at 08:52 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Hospitalfield, Arbroath, United Kingdom

19 Aug 2025 at 08:51 Open ↗

Nastassja Simensky
Longyearbyen, Svalbard

19 Aug 2025 at 08:45 Open ↗

Zack Wettstein
Seattle, United States

19 Aug 2025 at 05:06 Open ↗

Maufox
Mauritius, Mauritius

19 Aug 2025 at 02:30 Open ↗

Nastassja Simensky
Longyearbyen, Svalbard

18 Aug 2025 at 17:23 Open ↗

Soph Dyer
Augarten, Wien, Austria

18 Aug 2025 at 17:21 Open ↗

Zack Wettstein
Seattle, United States

18 Aug 2025 at 16:04 Open ↗

Heidi Neilson
Gilboa, New York, United States

18 Aug 2025 at 12:42 Open ↗

Oppressive Heat Project
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

18 Aug 2025 at 12:08 Open ↗

Sasha Engelmann
Zumaia, Spain

18 Aug 2025 at 07:40 Open ↗

Zack Wettstein
Seattle, United States

18 Aug 2025 at 05:19 Open ↗

Maufox
Mauritius, Mauritius

18 Aug 2025 at 02:56 Open ↗

Zack Wettstein
Seattle, United States

18 Aug 2025 at 02:13 Open ↗

Birbie
Madison, United States

18 Aug 2025 at 00:29 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

17 Aug 2025 at 17:52 Open ↗

Alison Scott
East Haven, Angus, United Kingdom

17 Aug 2025 at 17:50 Open ↗

Sasha Engelmann
Zumaia, Spain

17 Aug 2025 at 07:06 Open ↗

Michele Boulogne
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

17 Aug 2025 at 06:26 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

16 Aug 2025 at 18:18 Open ↗

Sasha Engelmann
Zumaia, Spain

16 Aug 2025 at 18:13 Open ↗

Steve Engelmann
Venice Pier, United States

16 Aug 2025 at 15:18 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

14 Aug 2025 at 19:09 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath , United Kingdom

14 Aug 2025 at 18:45 Open ↗

Sasha Engelmann
Zumaia, Spain

14 Aug 2025 at 07:45 Open ↗

Birbie
Madison, United States

14 Aug 2025 at 05:08 Open ↗

Centre for People, Place and Planet (AU)
Perth, Australia

14 Aug 2025 at 01:49 Open ↗

Soph Dyer
Rooseveltplatz, Wien, Austria

13 Aug 2025 at 06:32 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Carnoustie beach, near the golf course , United Kingdom

12 Aug 2025 at 18:22 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

12 Aug 2025 at 18:20 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

12 Aug 2025 at 08:40 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

12 Aug 2025 at 08:34 Open ↗

Centre for People, Place and Planet (AU)
Perth, Australia

11 Aug 2025 at 22:52 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

11 Aug 2025 at 18:47 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

11 Aug 2025 at 18:46 Open ↗

Sasha Engelmann
Miroir d'eau, Bordeaux, France

11 Aug 2025 at 18:44 Open ↗

Soph Dyer
Augarten, Austria

11 Aug 2025 at 17:05 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

10 Aug 2025 at 20:38 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

10 Aug 2025 at 19:12 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
York, United Kingdom

10 Aug 2025 at 17:33 Open ↗

Soph Dyer
An Der Kehrbachbrücke, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

10 Aug 2025 at 17:31 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

09 Aug 2025 at 20:54 Open ↗

Alison Scott
Arbroath, United Kingdom

09 Aug 2025 at 11:00 Open ↗

Richard A Carter
University of York, Campus East, United Kingdom

08 Aug 2025 at 11:12 Open ↗

Centre for People, Place and Planet (AU)
Perth, Australia

07 Aug 2025 at 01:37 Open ↗

Near Graz, Austria

06 Aug 2025 at 06:11 Open ↗