polrschd

Python script for predicting NOAA POES GAC transmissions.
The script will access the public NOAA schedule file at https://noaasis.noaa.gov/cemscs/polrschd.txt and parse events related to POES GAC (NOAA-15, NOAA-18, NOAA-19). It will then display the UTC/local time and date at which a satellite begins and ends its GAC transmission, as well as the frequency, polarization, and elevation of the satellite.

GAC transmissions can be subsequently demodulated and decoded by LeanHRPT-Demod and LeanHRPT-Decode respectively.

Installation

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/horsaen/polrschd.git && cd polrschd

Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Edit main.py to set required parameters, then simply run the script

python3 main.py