Posted on 03/18/2021 4:25:16 PM PDT by tbw2
Over the weekend amateur radio tinkerers in Europe managed to decode some portions of the telemetry data broadcast by the second stage of the Falcon 9 when it's in orbit. This data was in a somewhat standard format, but decoding still required some custom tools to extract the bitstream from the signal and then some guesswork to figure out the exact format. There's still lots of unknown data, but most interestingly this gave access to the engineering cameras including one showing the interior of the liquid oxygen tank.
Love Scott Manley!
How Amateur Radio Fans Decoded SpaceX’s Telemetry & Engineering Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_N163HyhA
Thank you
Bkmrk.
Gee, I was playing candy crush...
Hopefully, Musk’s people encrypt these channels. Too many other entities want Musk to fail. If the data channels are open, the command channels may also be open.
Indeed. That’s one smart man with a wide breadth of knowledge. He explains things clearly and appears to do so without a script.
I attempt to watch every new video he releases.
Having broke the code I can now confidently claim the repeated message to listening alien civilizations is “Drink more Ovaltine”.
Is there a HAM ping list?
Bald Bezos is probably paying those engineers to spy to find out how
SpaceX boosters can land on ships and land.
Bezos should stick to selling men’s underwear and female hygiene products.
I hate Bezos.
Folks this is not that big of a deal.
They listened in to a radio signal, saw it was a video stream and played it.
This is no secret spy stuff.
Yes it’s technically skillful but not Earthshaking.
you’re telling me they didn’t properly encrypt their data stream knowing full well everything was going to be monitored and recorded?
just wow
that’s basic comm design these days
Yes, I’ve added you to it
Agreed
Thank you kindly.
One of the prior posts
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