Weather Satellite Images
                   Recorded at Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
 



Welcome to this satellite imagery page, where the APT images are received at my ground station directly from polar orbiting satellites (NOAA) and brought to you in real time. The weather station also has several webcams which are operational in light hours (from early hours in the morning to nightfall).

NOAA-N-PRIME (Noaa-19) spacecraft launched on 2009 June 02.

The NOAA-N (Noaa-18) spacecraft launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 6:22:01.566 a.m. EDT Friday, 2005 May 20.

NOAA-14: Launch Date: 1994 Dec 30. Satellite was decommissioned 2007 May 23.

NOAA-12: Launch Date: 1991 May 14. Due to a severly degradated EPS subsystem, was decommissioned on 10 Aug 2007.

Next Scheduled Satellite Passes over Canary Islands:  (night-time passes will not be published as images)
"NOAA 15" at 17:36h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 8E"NOAA 15" at 21:01h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 12W
"NOAA 15" at 19:18h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 73E"NOAA 19" at 21:02h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 50E
"NOAA 19" at 19:19h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 5E"NOAA 18" at 21:55h UTC 2024-August-30 Elev: 30E

Click on any image below for a full size image (fullscreen). Before that, please wait until the
entire page is loaded
, otherwise the fullscreen window may be not opened. Times are shown in UTC.
The images are updated (in normal working conditions) between two and ten times per day.
NOAA 18
2024/08/30 11:58h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 49W
NOAA 19
2024/08/30 09:24h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 32E
NOAA 15
2024/08/30 07:47h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 58E
NOAA 15
2024/05/15 18:25h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 30E
NOAA 19
2024/05/12 21:33h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 46W
NOAA 18
2024/05/12 21:11h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 18E
NOAA 19
2024/05/12 19:55h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 22E
NOAA 15
2024/05/07 20:09h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 26W
NOAA 15
2024/05/07 18:30h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 34E
NOAA 18
2024/05/07 12:31h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 24W
NOAA 15
2024/05/07 08:53h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 34W
NOAA 18
2024/05/06 22:25h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 82E
NOAA 15
2024/05/06 18:56h

MCIR Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 60E
NOAA 18
2024/05/06 12:43h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 19W
NOAA 19
2024/05/06 11:23h

HVC Enhancement
Max. Elevation: 16W
These satellite images were produced using WXtoImg software.
Click here to view the image enhancements used in these pictures.



You can compare with the current Canary Islands
HiRes Vis MSG-2 (Meteosat 9) image by clicking below.
Click to Enlarge
Courtesy of West Cheshire College


Next are the Ground Station Conditions used to receive satellite images.

Ground Station - EB8BEE
Location:Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
Antenna:Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA)
Receiver:Emgo RX134141MHz - New
Preamplifier:Timestep APT 137
Latitude:28.45
Longitude:-16.27
QRA Locator:IL18UK
Altitude:205 meters


Next figure shows the APT Frame Format. Images in grey tones like this, are what NOAA satellites send to the Earth in the APT transmission mode. Click on the unprocessed image below to see a more extended information about the APT transmission characteristics and a real size APT image.
Click to open extended information


Keplerian data must be loaded frequently into the tracking programmes (such as WXtoImg, WXtrack, SatScape, Footprint and others) on a correct way to get accuracy in satellite positions. If you are thinking to receive satellite images, you may want get these keplerian data. You can download the keplers from Space Track, where you need to obtain a username and password to get them. Also you can obtain the keplers directly (without register) from Celestrak, by clicking here.



These weather satellite images can be complemented with the Webcams.


These pictures are updated every 2 minutes
(only the pictures, not the whole page).


The Sunclock shows in realtime, where
on earth it is light and where it is dark
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