NOAA-19

NOAA-19 flew over today at about 1:40 PM.  It is broadcasting on 137.100 MHz (it switched frequencies with NOAA-18 in 2009) and I recorded the audio as it flew over and converted it to the image above.  It is still full of noise, but an improvement over my last catch from NOAA-15.

 
NOAA-19 is infamous because an engineer removed several bolts from the base of a rotating cart during construction, later a different set of engineers started to turn it on its side using the cart when the satellite came loose and fell to the ground.  The crash cost Lockheed-Martin all profits from the project and summed to $135 million to repair.  Still, it was able to launch in 2009.

If you play the video below you can hear the signal.