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GOES-17 imager has cooling problem

Submit on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 22:58

The recently launched GOES-17 weather satellite has a serious cooling problem that could affect the quality of its pictures. The satellite’s primary weather-monitoring instrument — the Advanced Baseline Imager — is not performing to specifications for about six hours each day.

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