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GOES-18 full disk GeoColor image from May 5, 2022. This type of imagery combines data from multiple ABI channels to approximate what the human eye would see from space. Credit: NOAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NOAA released the first imagery from the new GOES-18 weather satellite that launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral, and confirmed the spacecraft\u2019s main camera doesn\u2019t suffer the same cooling system problem that caused degraded vision in an earlier satellite.<\/p>\n

The first images from GOES-18 were captured May 5 from a position in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator. GOES 18\u2019s primary camera, called the Advanced Baseline Imager, recorded the views in 16 channels, each tuned to see clouds, dust, smoke, and water vapor in different wavelengths of light.<\/p>\n

The images released Thursday showed strong thunderstorms over northeast Texas, dry conditions over much of Mexico and the American Southwest, and fog near the coasts of California and Chile.<\/p>\n

The new satellite is not yet operational, but is scheduled to take over real-time weather coverage of the western United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Ocean region in early 2023. It will replace GOES-17 in the so-called \u201cGOES-West\u201d position.<\/p>\n

GOES-17\u2019s camera instrument suffers from degraded performance, most likely caused by debris lodged in the instrument\u2019s cooling system. The malfunction means the instrument\u2019s detectors are unable to stay at the proper temperatures at certain times, leading to intermittent loss of some infrared imagery.<\/p>\n

Ground teams were able to recover some of the instrument\u2019s lost function. NOAA officials said earlier this year the GOES-17 imager is collecting about 97% of its planned data, with most image problems confined to times when the satellite is exposed to specific thermal conditions.<\/p>\n

NOAA says GOES-18\u2019s camera, built by L3Harris, is working as designed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ABI cooling system is performing well, with no signs of the issue that affects its sister satellite, GOES-17,\u201d NOAA said Thursday. \u201cThe ABI was redesigned for GOES-18 to reduce the likelihood of future cooling system anomalies. The new design uses a simpler hardware configuration that eliminates the filters that are susceptible to debris. \u201d<\/p>\n