# Meteor LRPT Decoder

> Meteor LRPT Decoder processes Meteor M N2 satellite transmissions into channel packets. Its C++ pipeline synchronizes frames, corrects phase shifts, performs Viterbi and Reed-Solomon decoding, and passes decoded channel data to a Python packet demultiplexer.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Protocol analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/opensatelliteproject/metlrpt>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/opensatelliteproject/metlrpt/blob/3457acd02a9e6ebe46bead64a06eed0f37389323/Meteor/src/newdecoder.cpp>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/metlrpt/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/metlrpt/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/metlrpt/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The C++ decoder uses SatHelper and receives coded data through a TCP connection on port 5000.
- **Prerequisites:** The Python channel demultiplexer uses Python 2 syntax.
- **Limits:** The project is marked work in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/opensatelliteproject/metlrpt/blob/3457acd02a9e6ebe46bead64a06eed0f37389323/Meteor/src/newdecoder.cpp>
2. <https://github.com/opensatelliteproject/metlrpt/blob/3457acd02a9e6ebe46bead64a06eed0f37389323/Meteor/M2C/channeldecode.py>

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