Mission Operations and Observation Nexus (MOON)

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The Mission Operations and Observation Nexus (MOON) serves as a specialized ground station, capable of receiving satellite transmissions in the VHF and L-Band frequencies. The current antenna suite consists of a custom-fabricated quadrifilar helix and a repurposed TVRO dish with a linear feed. The image shown here was downlinked by lab member Luis from GOES-18 (a geostationary weather satellite) on August 11th.

Weather imagery downlinked from the GOES 18 satellite.