Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is something of a follow-up to my video about NOAA 15, 18, and 19 satellites being retired (youtube.com/watch?v=J_aDsEgBJPs). Some folks even accused me of making clickbait saying the satellites might go away soon, but NOAA-18 suddenly went away today! There wasn't much notice or warning for this, the agency just decided to decommission it after a sudden failure of the S-band radio system.

You can find out more about this satellite series in these videos:
youtu.be/icADyjm3PBE?si=9nCsg7G1EnbO0EOy
youtu.be/w5DyJHMw7aY?si=YsGiIuGlaztw9TIr

You can see my QFH antenna here:
youtu.be/WM99A1uUprQ?si=Vy-2V4mkMl9Okjdt
The small Helicone antenna here:
youtu.be/GRLNETxWUR8?si=M1SDvju54nc6tgoX
And the larger S-band antenna here:
youtu.be/X1hnReHepFI?si=rXwj4TWn-2O3o0io

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