Future
With the improvement in electronics, analog transmission systems are giving way to digital transmissions systems. The MetOp program, a collaboration between NOAA and EUMETSAT, has switched to Low Rate Picture Transmission (LRPT) for its new polar-orbit satellites and NOAA has stated they will not fly APT transmitters on POES vehicles after NOAA-N'.
Read more about this topic: Automatic Picture Transmission
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