Pulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT

I'm in the process of setting up an antenna for receiving data from the GOES-15 weather satellite. I'm just starting out but got inspired after watching this video (no affiliation with the channel). [VIDEO] People have been able to get some stunning pictures of the earth from those satellites. Examples: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] If you're interested, check out r/rtlsdr, which is where I first was introduced to the hobby. It's full of helpful people.

A YouTube channel called The Thought Emporium has a series about using a sdr called the HackRF to make a radio telescope and a satellite receiver for a few weather sats. [VIDEO]

The sequel to this video: [VIDEO] The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content. He does a lot of things, most recently covering things in metal, but in the past they have made videos on gene editing, growing opals, and making holograms. It’s a lot of different topics, all presented very well.

I was just watching [VIDEO] and I wonder if some satellites encrypt the content before sending it to earth.