Satellite New Tab Page

Experience the latest image of Earth from a satellite every time you open a new tab.

What is Satellite New Tab Page?

"Satellite New Tab Page" is a Chrome extension that displays the latest satellite image of Earth from the Himawari 8 Satellite every time you open a new tab. It features images taken every 10 minutes, along with support for GOES, DSCOVR, and Meteosat satellites. Enjoy various modes, including visible light and infrared images, optimized for your screen. The extension automatically updates and caches images for a smooth user experience, allowing you to explore our planet from your browser.

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By: domoritz

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.13 (23)

Version: 0.22.0 (Last updated: 2024-10-08)

Creation date: 2020-06-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/
https://himawari8-dl.nict.go.jp/himawari8/
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Size: 492.54K

Email: do*****@gmail.com

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Himawari 8 Satellite New Tab Page (v0.22.0)

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Extension summary

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This extension displays the latest image of our planet Earth as seen from the Himawari 8 Satellite every time you open a new tab. The satellite has been deployed by the Japan Meteorological Agency and takes photographs of Earth every 10 minutes. The extension also supports images from the GOES, DSCOVR, and Meteosat satellites.

Changes:

0.22.0 Update to new proxy, add GOES 19 and Himawari 9. 0.21.0 Update RAMMB URL format. Move to manifest v3 for Chrome. 0.20.0 Support natural variant for GOES 17 west. 0.19.1 Fix Himawari base URL. 0.19.0 Disable unreliable image cache in extension 0.18.1 Fix GOES URLs. Thanks to @mattijn. 0.18.0 Remove d3-request and d3-queue and instead use fetch and async 0.17.0 Add GOES 17 0.16.1 Store large images with reduced quality until they fit 0.16.0 Add Meteosat images thanks to @erget 0.15.0 Add GOES 16 natural image thanks to @TheNeuralBit

User reviews

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Pros

Beautiful images of Earth
Rich set of configuration options
Provides a lovely reminder of the planet's beauty

Cons

Black screen issues
Himawari 8 image not updating
Image disturbances

Most mentioned

Black screen issues
Himawari 8 image not updating
Beauty of the images

Recent reviews

please FIX all issues and add more necessary features.

Eleazar Redula, 2024-11-02

it's usually almost just a full black screen. The Earth is just visible as a very small line.

Tom Schi, 2021-04-23

It has been great and I used to love it, but now it won't update the Himawari 8 image, and when I reinstall it, I don't get any image, just a black screen. If you could fix that, it would be fantastic and I'll give it 5 stars.