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Who built SXI?
The GOES-M Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) was designed, developed, and tested
at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville,
Alabama. MSFC possesses extensive scientific experience with solar
x-ray observations dating back to the Skylab space station. Beginning
in early 1991, MSFC conducted a feasibility study and conceptual design
for incorporation of the SXI onto one of the current series of GOES
satellites. This study resulted in the decision to build the SXI as
an MSFC "in-house" project. All the
major assemblies were designed and fabricated at MSFC with the exception
of the stepper motor for the filter-wheel, and the x-ray mirror. (The
mirror was fabricated with extensive MSFC on-sight support, and following
coating, the mirror was brought to MSFC for attachment to the mounting
structure, and x-ray testing.) Qualification and x-ray tests were
also conducted at MSFC, culmination in the calibration of the instrument
at MSFC's world-renowned X-ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) originally
designed to test the Chandra X-ray Observatory. MSFC personnel have
continued to support the SXI through spacecraft integration and test,
launch, and initial instrument and detector activation. SXI was funded
by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service (NESDIS).
Contact: Shawn.Wallace@msfc.nasa.gov |
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Who built GOES-M
(aka GOES-12)?
Space systems/Loral designed and built a series of five GOES
satellites for NOAA/NESDIS. GOES-M was the last in that series, and
the first to carry a Solar X-ray Imager. When GOES-M reached geosynchronous
orbit, it was renamed GOES-12. GOES-8, the first in the series is
continuing uninterrupted service, two years beyond its mission designed
life of five years.
Contact: www.ssloral.com |
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Who launched GOES-M?
GOES-M was launched on an Atlas IIA rocket build by Lockheed
Martin. The launch was conducted by International Launch Services
(ILS) --a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States
and Russian companies Khrunichev State Research and Production Space
Center and RSC Energia. This was the 56th consecutive successful Atlas
flight. ILS has launched all five of the current GOES satellites.
Contact: www.lockheedmartin.com |
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Who operates GOES-12?
The NESDIS Office of Satellite Operations (OSO) manages and directs
the operation of NOAA's satellites and the acquisition of remotely
sensed data. The Office has operational responsibility for the Satellite
Operations Control Center (SOCC) at Suitland, MD and Command and Data
Acquisition (CDA) facilities at Wallops, VA and Fairbanks, AK to command
and control the satellites, to track the satellites, and to acquire
their data.
Contact: www.oso.noaa.gov
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Who processes the
SXI data?
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is responsible for receiving
and processing the telemetry stream of SXI data from GOES-12. Visit
their web site for a description of their extensive role regarding
these data.
Contact: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi
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Who distributes and archives SXI data?
NESDIS operates a series of environmental data centers, the
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) receives the SXI data in real
time from SWPC, distributes those data via these pages, and archives
them for retrospective use.
NGDC acknowledges the significant role played by these software
resources in the design of this public interface and archive:
JAVA, http://java.sun.com/
MySQL, http://www.mysql.com/
Linux, /http://redhat.com/
mpeg_encode, http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/
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