Dundee Satellite Receiving Station

04/02/2023

Gradually making progress, at least finally updating our official web site link here to

Ground station services and Earth observation data

14/09/2022

NOAA-19, 0805 UTC Overpass: A dreich day for the lower UK.

14/11/2019

Our commemorative Mission 1 Patch! Want one? Go to on Twitter, give us a follow, and DM us, or donate via our Gofundme site for a minimum amount - there's only 200, so get cracking, purposely very limited!

14/11/2019

Knocking the dust off Ye Olde page here! We're on Twitter, with our nom de guerre of "" so follow us for the most real time news! Please go here and donate to our Gofundme campaign as we moved out of the University of Dundee as a start-up company, with a new antenna site to boot! https://www.gofundme.com/f/dundee-satellite-receiving-station

Neil Lonie Dundee Satellite Receiving Station “We are the Weather Station for the Nation and the World, help us keep it that way!”

01/11/2019

Working towards the resurrection of the DSRS operations elsewhere. Watch this space: https://www.dundeesat.co.uk/

09/05/2019

Yes, we are still in operation and won't stop our mission to supply the World with FREE weather imagery and climate data. Check out our external crowdfunding effort and stay TUNED for more news!
https://www.gofundme.com/dundee-satellite-receiving-station

“ weather is free for everyone, help us keep it that way!” For almost 50 years the Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (DSRS) has downloaded and stored images of the Earth from space. Built in the days of the “Space Race” by keen students and faculty members, the DSRS is one of the ...

25/04/2019

A feature article in Spaceflight magazinehttp://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/Spaceflight%20vol.61%20no.6%202019-06%20pages%2002-05%20190422rev02.pdf

25/04/2019

We are on the cover of Spaceflight magazinehttp://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/Spaceflight%20vol.61%20no.6%202019-06%20cover%200001%20140924.pdf

29/03/2019

Tropical Cyclone Joaninha

Tropical Cyclone Joaninha tracks in a south, south-easterly direction over the Indian Ocean as a Category 4 equivalent storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 115 knots (132.5 mph) and gusts of 140 knots (161.3 mph).

29/03/2019

Wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula

Smoke from wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula disperses over the North Atlantic Ocean. Saharan dust is visible off and over southern Portugal.

24/03/2019

Tropical Cyclone Trevor and Tropical Cyclone Veronica

Tropical Cyclone Trevor making landfall in Australia’s Northern Territory as a Category 3 equivalent storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS) with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 100 knots (115.2 mph) and gusts of 125 knots (144.0 mph). Tropical Cyclone Veronica moves in ...

24/03/2019

Ship trails and night-time lights

Night-time lights from urban centres are visible from Norway to Morocco. The bright light sources that can be seen in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea are from oil and gas platforms. Numerous ship trails are evident over the North Atlantic Ocean. Lee waves and cloud streets obscure much of the United...

24/03/2019

Tropical Cyclone Trevor centred over the Cape York Peninsula

Tropical Cyclone Trevor centred over northern Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula moves in a west, south-westerly direction as a Category 2 equivalent storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 85 knots (97.9 mph) and gusts of 105 knots (121.0 mph)...

24/03/2019

Tropical Cyclone Savannah

Tropical Cyclone Savannah tracks in a west, south-westerly direction over the Indian Ocean as a Category 3 equivalent storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 100 knots (115.2 mph) and gusts of 125 knots (144.0 mph).

24/03/2019

Intense Tropical Cyclone Helah

Intense Tropical Cyclone Haleh moves in a south, south-westerly direction over the Indian Ocean with a maximum 10-minute sustained average wind speed of 95 knots (109.4 mph).

21/03/2019

Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai

Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai making landfall near east-central Mozambique’s port city of Beira with a maximum 10-minute sustained average wind speed of 90 knots (103.7 mph) and gusts of 125 knots (144.0 mph).

21/03/2019

Storm Gareth

Storm Gareth centred over the North Atlantic Ocean north-west of mainland Scotland.

14/03/2019

Tropical Cyclone Pola

Tropical Cyclone Pola tracks southwards over the South Pacific Ocean as a Category 2 equivalent storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with a maximum 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 95 knots (109.4 mph) and gusts of 115 knots (132.5 mph).