Meteor 3-5 APT images

 

This is a collection of images which I received in 1998 from the Russian polar orbiting weather satellite Meteor 3-5. All pictures were received on 137.850 MHz using a home-built FM receiver based on a kit from Holger Eckardt DF2FQ (shown on the picture to the right). With this receiver and a 2m X-Quad antenna I received the automatic picture (APT) transmissions and decoded them using the sound card of my PC. The complete station was running fully automated and was controlled by a PC. The pictures are sorted by date of reception. Please click on the icons to load the full scale pictures which are up to 1 MB large. The interference in some of the pictures was generated locally and did not come from the satellite.
 


02.08.1998


02.08.1998


29.08.1998


11.04.1998


19.04.1998


26.07.1998


05.04.1998


09.04.1998


10.04.1998


21.03.1998


22.03.1998


28.03.1998


14.03.1998


14.03.1998


21.03.1998


12.03.1998


13.03.1998


13.03.1998


Here are some older pictures which I received from Meteor 3-5 in 1994. Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the exact setup which I had used at that time.
 


15.07.1994 18:59-19:04 UTC
M3-5 passed my QTH North-East.
When entering the shadow of the Earth
transmissions were switched off.


16.07.1994 around noon time
M3-5 had a South-North pass
and passed my QTH West.


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