Today, the 13th of August 2025, NOAA-19 was permanently shut down after a battery failure on the 9th. Until the 11th it was still transmitting APT, but on the 12th it only transmitted DSB without HIRS or SEM. On S-band it was also transmitting DSB for a while, then HRPT with only TIP data on night the 13th and this morning.
Since this was unexpected, I didn't get the last APT it was transmitting, or record the shutdown of the satellite, but here is the best APT I have from the day before (the 11th). RIP NOAA-19.
The decommisioning of NOAA-15 was due on the 12th, but was delayed to the week of the 18th on the 11th due to an "anomaly" with NOAA-19.
links:
POES Decommisioning and NOAA-15 delay message
NOAA-19 Decommisioning message
All good, the information is relevant. I'm just saying that it's the beginning of the end, at least in terms of NASA weather reporting.
It is a sad thing when we have to gaze at the navels of lesser men than ourselves, just because we worship Mammon rather than truly follow what Jesus and all other faiths teach.