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First GOES-R Instrument Ready to Be Installed Onto Spacecraft

GOES-R

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The first of six instruments that will fly on GOES-R, NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, has been completed seven months before its scheduled installation onto the spacecraft.

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The instrument, the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, or EXIS, will provide forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Centerwith some of the most important early warnings of impending solar storms. It will also give scientists a more accurate measure…

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