IMAGES: Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)

The GOES-R Series SUVI instrument will monitor the Sun in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range. By observing the Sun, SUVI will be able to compile full disk solar images around the clock. SUVI will observe and characterize complex active regions of the Sun, solar flares, and the eruptions of solar filaments which may give rise to coronal mass ejections. Depending on the size and the trajectory of solar eruptions, the possible effects to near-Earth space and Earth’s magnetosphere, referred to as space weather, can cause geomagnetic storms which disrupt power utilities, communication and navigation systems, and may cause radiation damage to orbiting satellites and the International Space Station. SUVI observations of solar flares and solar eruptions will provide an early warning of possible impacts to Earth’s space environment and enable better forecasting of potentially disruptive events on the ground.