I wonder if hobbyists would be able to pick up this data using some sort of RF capture device.
See my comment above re a CCC.de video from 38C3.
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Re: Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
#52>"Most engineers (including me) spent months grinding LeetCode ..."
I have not done it once (work in programming for 40+ years) as independent. Few times potential clients tried to play this game but I just simple refuse. On was surprised and asked why? My answer was - I have a track record of successful deliveries, here is big list of projects, emails and phone numbers to confirm. If you are going instead to rely on some tests to prove my abilities I have better things to do then be a schoolboy on exams.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, at least in my experience with EU projects, they tend to be much more restrictive with data sharing than equivalent US institutions: e.g. a lot of paid EUMET data has publicly available NOAA equivalents - though usually of worse quality.
Yes! That government agencies data is PD is a nice feature of US law, we should implement that in EU.
Try to ask the NRO for their images and see how you go :)
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#54I recently met a European space startup founder and was surprised to learn how much space innovation is happening in Europe with ESA. Europe wants to become less depended on SpaceX and NASA, and is heavily investing there. More funding + strong aerospace programs at universities like TU Munich has led to companies like ISAR Aerospace (SpaceX competitor), which is great to see.
The Trump administration is probably helping quite a bit on two fronts here: - A very strong political will to decouple strategic industries from the US - The US is making it a lot harder to work there. So top talent stays in Europe.
- Top talent doesn't even want to move to the US anymore either.
I mean really I'm super progressive and LGBTIQ+ aligned. I'm not even flying there for a meeting anymore, sorry. My employer is European and I'm part of the inclusion team, they are understanding me refusing US travel.
Re: Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
#55>"Most engineers (including me) spent months grinding LeetCode ..." I have not done it once (work in programming for 40+ years) as independent. Few times potential clients tried to play this game but I just simple refuse. On was surprised and asked why? My answer was - I have a track record of successful deliveries, here is big list of projects, emails and phone numbers to confirm. If you are going instead to rely on…
(Wrong thread; think you meant to post this on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46809069.)
Re: Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
#56Would the data from this satellite be freely available to the public? I couldn't see anything obvious
Definitely not in anything like realtime, maybe an archive. There's a licence fee of 8000EUR/yr to access real-time EUMETSAT data. Welcome to Europe, where you pay for everything twice.
There's an 8k license for "recommended" (not "core", which is free under CC-BY-4.0 for all purposes) data if you are a service provider or broadcaster:
https://user.eumetsat.int/resources/user-guides/data-registr...
There are also fees in some other circumstances, but not for "personal, educational, research" use.
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#57Europe Is back on the map. It´s going slow but steady.
Hope they involve community in their tech projects.
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#58I recently met a European space startup founder and was surprised to learn how much space innovation is happening in Europe with ESA. Europe wants to become less depended on SpaceX and NASA, and is heavily investing there. More funding + strong aerospace programs at universities like TU Munich has led to companies like ISAR Aerospace (SpaceX competitor), which is great to see.
For sure, it's booming in the current climate. My biggest bet for 2026 is Eutelsat which is the biggest star link competitor.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
As most EU projects yes. There was test data released last year to get you started. https://user.eumetsat.int/resources/user-guides/getting-star...
Well, at least in my experience with EU projects, they tend to be much more restrictive with data sharing than equivalent US institutions: e.g. a lot of paid EUMET data has publicly available NOAA equivalents - though usually of worse quality.
Take a look at https://zenodo.org/communities/eu/
Yes, it's not everything, but it's a start.
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#60my weather app is still gonna tell me its raining while its not