WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CAMERA ON THE GOES-17 SATELLITE?
Scientists are currently investigating a problem with the cooling system of the GOES-17 satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument.
The ABI is the primary instrument aboard the satellite for imaging the Earth’s weather, oceans and environment.
ABI views the Earth with 16 different spectral bands, including two visible channels, four near-infrared channels, and ten infrared channels.
The cooling system is an integral part of the ABI that enables it to keep taking clear images.
This particularly affects the infrared and near-infrared channels on the instrument.
That's because these sections of the electromagnetic spectrum are given off by hot objects as thermal radiation.
Infrared and near-infrared imaging will therefore be distorted if the camera equipment itself is giving off these electromagnetic rays.
Read articles that feature this panel
US is scrambling to fix a ‘serious’ cooling problem on its $350 MILLION weather satellite that could make its photos of Earth useless
Experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, are scrambling to understand what went wrong...
Ailing $350m US weather satellite sends back stunning 'blue marble' image as engineers scramble to fix overheating issue that could kill it
The NOAA has released the GOES-17 satellite's first images.They show the Western Hemisphere in detail from 22,000 miles up, with cloud...
NOAA’s $350 million weather satellite is STILL malfunctioning, as experts fear the craft could be permanently broken just months into its...
Launched in March from Cape Canaveral, the GOES-17 satellite is monitoring weather events on our planet from 22,000 miles (35,000km) high...
Most watched News videos
- New video shows Epstein laughing and chasing young women
- British Airways passengers turn flight into a church service
- Epstein describes himself as a 'tier one' sexual predator
- Skier dressed as Chewbacca brutally beaten in mass brawl
- Buddhist monks in Thailand caught with a stash of porn
- Two schoolboys plummet out the window of a moving bus
- Sarah Ferguson 'took Princesses' to see Epstein after prison
- Police dog catches bag thief who pushed woman to the floor
- Melinda Gates says Bill Gates must answer questions about Epstein
- China unveils 'Star Wars' warship that can deploy unmanned jets
- Forth Bridge fireball fall into village streets
- Amazon driver's furious rant about deliveries captured on ring camera
