UNIVERSE
SATELLITESICY BODIES
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spacecraft
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weather satellite
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space shuttle
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 (GOES-16 )
Detailed explanation-2: -The GOES-16 instruments are the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS), Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI), Magnetometer (MAG) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) – R Series is the nation’s most advanced fleet of geostationary weather satellites.
Detailed explanation-4: -GOES-16’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) is the first operational lightning mapper flown in geostationary orbit. The spacecraft also includes four other scientific instruments for monitoring space weather and the Sun.
Detailed explanation-5: -GOES-16 observes Earth from an equatorial view approximately 22, 300 miles high, creating full disk images like these, extending from the coast of West Africa, to Guam, and everything in between.
Detailed explanation-6: -GOES satellites monitor Earth by detecting two different types of electromagnetic radiation and sending that information back to Earth. The information is then used to form images that reveal conditions in the atmosphere.