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NOAA mishap board completes investigation into GOES-17 anomaly

Submit on Monday, September 16th, 2019 22:59

A blockage in the loop heat pipe of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), the primary instrument on NOAA’s GOES-17 satellite, prevented the instrument from cooling properly and impeded its ability to collect data, according to a special Mishap Investigation Board.

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