GOES Solar X-ray Imager

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GOES 12

SXI and XRS
Out of Commission Indefinitely
No SXI images due to GOES 12 X-ray
Sensor (XRS) anomaly April 12, 2007

GOES 13

No GOES 13 SXI images since December 2006
Spacecraft in storage mode

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The GOES 12 and 13 spacecraft each carry a sophisticated Solar X-ray Imager to monitor the Sun’s X-rays for the early detection of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other phenomena that impact the geospace environment. This early warning is important because travelling solar disturbances affect not only the safety of humans in high-altitude missions, such as human spaceflight, but also military and commercial satellite communications. In addition, coronal mass ejections can damage long-distance electric power grids, causing extensive power blackouts.

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