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🎃Imogen🎃 on Nostr: #Weather #Radio #Science Decommissioning of NOAA-18 scheduled for June 6, 2025 ...

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Decommissioning of NOAA-18 scheduled for June 6, 2025 1733-1749 UTC

On May 31, 2025 at 1605 UTC, the NOAA-18 S-band Transmitter 4 (STX4) experienced a power drop from 7W to 0.8W.

Based on NOAA’s requirement to responsibly manage on-orbit assets, NOAA will decommission NOAA-18 on June 6, 2025 between 1733 and 1749 UTC.

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/documents-reports/notice-of-changes/2025-notice-of-changes/decommissioning-of-noaa-18-scheduled-june-6-2025-1733-1749-utc#:~:text=Based%20on%20NOAA's%20requirement%20to,no%20performance%20or%20latency%20requirements.