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title: "Key Header - GOES Satellite Hunt | Lets Hack It"
description: "Written by Lucas Teske on 19 February 2017 Part of GOES Satellite Hunt Project overview → Key Header This header is unused in GOES Satellites but according to LRIT Spec its used to represent which key should be used for decrypting the content of LRIT file. Name Type Description Data..."
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Written by Lucas Teske   
on 19 February 2017

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# Key Header

This header is unused in GOES Satellites but according to LRIT Spec its used to represent which key should be used for decrypting the content of LRIT file.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data | string | Key Header Information |

### Table 12 - Key Header Fields

## Cite this work

### Suggested citation

Lucas Teske. “GOES Satellite Hunt.” _Lets Hack It_, 2017. [https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/](https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/).

### BibTeX

```
@misc{teske2017goessatellitehunt,
  author = {Teske, Lucas},
  title = {GOES Satellite Hunt},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Lets Hack It},
  url = {https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/}
}
```