What backs each figure

Array regulation, protected load distribution, and rechargeable battery support

Named GOES-R / ABI civil engineering example. Linked 3D components use representative geometry, not a GOES-R or military hardware layout.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array, printed p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135, paragraph above Figure 11-3
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-2 / PDF p. 134; PRU module list, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 11-2–11-4 / PDF pp. 134–136, Batteries and EPS operation
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Star trackers, inertial reference, flight software, reaction wheels, and momentum management

Named GOES-R / ABI civil engineering example. Linked 3D components use representative geometry, not a GOES-R or military hardware layout.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AGuidance Navigation & Control, printed p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude-determination paragraph
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOn Board Computer, printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141; Propulsion Subsystem, printed p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151

Isolation and blankets control unwanted transfer; panels, heat pipes, and radiators reject heat

Named GOES-R / ABI civil engineering example. Linked 3D components use representative geometry, not a GOES-R or military hardware layout.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AEarth Pointing Platform, printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Detector/ROIC, video processing, digitization, packetization, and spacecraft interface

Named GOES-R / ABI civil engineering example. Linked 3D components use representative geometry, not a GOES-R or military hardware layout.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row
• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

35,786 km

General circular equatorial GEO definition; no slot positions.

• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Definition paragraph

23 h 56 min 4 s

General orbital reference value.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsIntroductory altitude-and-period example

16

GOES-R ABI civil twin only; never a military payload figure.

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)Instrument description

43 K

Landsat 9 TIRS-2 civil twin only; never a military payload figure.

• TIRS-2 Testing: A Landsat 9 Instrument Takes ShapeTwo-stage cryocooler paragraph

Near 4.3 μm

General molecular spectroscopy in a civil combustion study; no system performance implication.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Near 2.7 μm

General molecular spectroscopy in a civil combustion study; no system performance implication.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Forms a scene image on focal-plane detectors

Named ABI component role; the generic telescope geometry remains representative.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Telescope row

Converts incident photons into an electrical signal

Named ABI component role; no efficiency, material assignment, or generic pixel construction is inferred.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics row

Reads detector arrays with video-processing electronics

Named ABI role; no generic frame rate, precision, or data rate.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Sensor Unit Electronics row

Focal planes to loop heat pipes and radiator

Named ABI thermal path; the generic illustration does not reproduce its hardware layout.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Rejects excess instrument thermal energy to space

Named ABI example of heat rejection; no generic radiator area, temperature, or power.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARadiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly, printed p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41

Can reduce thermal noise

General cryogenic benefit, not a detector-material temperature or noise magnitude.

• Cryocoolers: the state of the art and recent developmentsPDF p. 2, Table 1, benefits of cryogenic temperatures

Gases absorb some wavelengths while transmitting others

Qualitative atmospheric physics; no transmission curve, altitude dependence, or operational visibility.

• Remote SensingAbsorption Bands and Atmospheric Windows, first two paragraphs

Bus, infrared payload, mission processor, communications

GAO description of PWSA component roles; not the implementation of the generic GEO illustration.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Space Development Agency Should Be More Realistic and Transparent About Risks to Capability DeliveryPWSA-Enabling Technologies and Processes, opening description.

Spacecraft operations and mission-data processing

GAO description of the planned system; no present operational status or software internals.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Comprehensive Cost and Schedule Information Would Enhance Congressional OversightPrinted p. 1 (PDF p. 5), opening paragraph; printed p. 8 (PDF p. 12), acquisition-strategy paragraph.

Representative / not to scale

As-drawn teaching geometry; no real constellation, performance, or physical dimensions.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Lockheed Martin prime; Northrop Grumman payload provider; payload delivered for spacecraft-bus integration

Historical vendor statement about delivery responsibility only. No military packaging, component technology or performance is inferred.

• Lockheed Martin And Northrop Grumman Deliver Payload For Fourth SBIRS Missile Defense Early Warning SatelliteOpening two paragraphs and SBIRS team paragraph

Mechanical attachment followed by instrument power and spacecraft data-handling integration

NASA report of Landsat 9 assembly in 2019–2020; an example, not a universal project schedule.

• Landsat 9: The Pieces Come TogetherOpening paragraph and electrical-integration paragraph

Define, control and verify physical and functional interfaces across participating organizations

NASA systems-engineering guidance. Organizational, physical and functional boundaries are distinct descriptions.

• 6.3 Interface ManagementOpening tasks; 6.3.1.1; 6.3.1.2.3; 6.3.1.3

Sensor Unit, Electronics Unit and separately mounted Cryocooler Control Electronics

Named ABI civil units. The representative scene does not reproduce the flight layout, redundancy or number of housings.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AABI units, printed p. 3-5 / PDF p. 33; Electronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43

Video Processors and Peripheral and Thermal Control electronics; focal-plane digitization within SUE

SUE is located in the Sensor Unit. A digitization function does not establish a separate converter enclosure or card.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics and Sensor Unit Electronics, printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44

Common chassis and parent board with power, controller, data, timing, scan-drive and encoder-processing cards

Named civil EU card grouping. P&TC belongs to SUE, not to this chassis.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics Unit and Table 3-6, printed pp. 3-16–3-17 / PDF pp. 44–45

Spacecraft-mounted CCE operates cooler hardware within the Sensor Unit

Separates the electrical controller, mechanical cooler and thermal transport. No generic cooler rating or enclosure count.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Optical bench supports sensor subsystems and establishes spacecraft alignment

Named civil mechanical/thermal responsibilities. Drawing dimensions and mounting pattern remain representative.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit, printed p. 3-5 / PDF p. 33; Earth Pointing Platform, printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Electronics Unit power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument supplies

No supply rating, voltage, topology or military implementation inferred.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, Power Supply row, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

EU provides instrument command/control; TNT card supplies system clocks and telemetry

The internal clock function is established; no spacecraft time-transfer protocol, precision or rate is inferred.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics Unit, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Video Processor to EU Data Processor; HSIO communicates with the spacecraft over SpaceWire

Named civil functional path; packet rate and detailed circuitry remain unspecified.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Sensor radiator and heat pipes; spacecraft mounting-panel paths for EU and CCE waste heat

Separate sensor and warm-electronics paths. Geometry, contact conductance and heat-load values remain unspecified.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AABI units, printed p. 3-5 / PDF p. 33; Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly, printed p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41; CCE, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45; Equipment panels, printed p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157; ABI EU mounting, printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Visible and infrared fire products help forecasters monitor wildfire changes

GOES-R ABI civil application; no thresholds or military performance are inferred.

• Fire and Hot Spot CharacterizationImprovements and Benefits

Thermal and optical observations support modeled evapotranspiration and water planning

Landsat civil application. Water-use estimates require models and additional information; the instrument measures radiation.

• New Landsat Infrared Instrument Ships from NASATaking Earth’s temperatures from orbit: transpiration and evaporation paragraphs
• Ten Years of TIRS: Data for a Thirsty WorldIdaho water-planning paragraph and OpenET figure caption

Conduction within hardware and thermal radiation to the surroundings

General spacecraft engineering principle. A particular thermal design requires its own boundary conditions.

• State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology: 7.0 Thermal ControlSection 7.2.1, opening paragraph

Qhot = Qcold + Win

Symbolic cycle energy accounting, not a cooler rating or mission power estimate.

Formula: Refrigerator energy balance

Assumption: Cooler energy accounting boundary

• First Law – Internal EnergyFirst Law of Thermodynamics equation and sign convention

Uniform mean anomaly; changing speed along an ellipse

Schematic, compressed geometry and illustrative playback; no real ephemerides.

Formula: Position on an illustrative ellipse

Assumption: Schematic orbit playback

• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion and Kepler’s Equation section
• Approximate Positions of the PlanetsFormulae for using the Keplerian elements, steps 3–4

3.075 km/s

Fixed circular teaching example, independent of the current Scenario inputs. Drawing distances, spacecraft sizes, and playback pace are illustrative.

Formula: Two-body orbital speed

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• Libration Point Mission Design Considerations: Typical Form of Vis-Viva EquationPDF p. 173, printed slide 86, Typical Form of Vis-Viva Equation, Eq. (1)

35786 km

Fixed circular teaching example, independent of the current Scenario inputs. Drawing distances, spacecraft sizes, and playback pace are illustrative.

Formula: Altitude on an ideal ellipse

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion: r = a(1 − e²)/(1 + e cos φ)

7.350 km/s

Fixed circular teaching example, independent of the current Scenario inputs. Drawing distances, spacecraft sizes, and playback pace are illustrative.

Formula: Two-body orbital speed

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• Libration Point Mission Design Considerations: Typical Form of Vis-Viva EquationPDF p. 173, printed slide 86, Typical Form of Vis-Viva Equation, Eq. (1)

1000 km

Fixed circular teaching example, independent of the current Scenario inputs. Drawing distances, spacecraft sizes, and playback pace are illustrative.

Formula: Altitude on an ideal ellipse

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion: r = a(1 − e²)/(1 + e cos φ)

23.934 h

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Two-body orbital period

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example

3.075 km/s

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Two-body orbital speed

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• Libration Point Mission Design Considerations: Typical Form of Vis-Viva EquationPDF p. 173, printed slide 86, Typical Form of Vis-Viva Equation, Eq. (1)

35786 km

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Altitude on an ideal ellipse

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion: r = a(1 − e²)/(1 + e cos φ)

35786 km

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Altitude on an ideal ellipse

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion: r = a(1 − e²)/(1 + e cos φ)

35786 km

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Altitude on an ideal ellipse

Assumption: General orbit examples

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example
• How Orbital Motion is CalculatedOpening discussion: r = a(1 − e²)/(1 + e cos φ)

35786 km

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Geometric distance to nadir

Assumption: Reference distance

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example

0.1194 s

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: One-way light travel time

Assumption: Reference distance

• Fundamental Physical Constants: complete listing, 2022 CODATA adjustmentRows for speed of light, Planck constant and Boltzmann constant

4.3 μm

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Assumption: Teaching wavelengths and integration bounds

3.8 μm

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Assumption: Teaching wavelengths and integration bounds

4.8 μm

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Assumption: Teaching wavelengths and integration bounds

4.620e-20 J

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Energy per photon

Assumption: Teaching wavelengths and integration bounds

• Fundamental Physical Constants: complete listing, 2022 CODATA adjustmentRows for speed of light, Planck constant and Boltzmann constant
• Electromagnetic MathActivity 47, PDF p. 112: E = hν and wavelength × frequency = c

288 K

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Assumption: Ideal thermal source

0.7708 W m⁻² sr⁻¹

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Ideal blackbody radiance in a teaching band

Assumption: Ideal thermal source

• Fundamental Physical Constants: complete listing, 2022 CODATA adjustmentRows for speed of light, Planck constant and Boltzmann constant
• Planck FunctionFirst formula image: wavelength-form Planck law and spectral radiance units

1.715e+19 photons s⁻¹ m⁻² sr⁻¹

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Ideal blackbody photon radiance

Assumption: Ideal thermal source

• Fundamental Physical Constants: complete listing, 2022 CODATA adjustmentRows for speed of light, Planck constant and Boltzmann constant
• Planck FunctionFirst formula image; energy radiance divided by hc/λ before integration

0.30 m

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Assumption: Ideal laboratory aperture

17.49 μrad

Default teaching example. Independent of the drawn hardware; no real sensor performance is inferred.

Formula: Ideal circular-aperture diffraction

Assumption: Ideal laboratory aperture

• Electromagnetic MathActivity 46, PDF p. 110: θ = 1.22 λ/D

35,786 km

The ring · light layer · Geostationary satellite. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Definition paragraph

23 h 56 min 4 s

The ring · light layer · Geostationary satellite. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsIntroductory altitude-and-period example

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Geostationary satellite. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Earth. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

GEO and HEO

The ring · light layer · Orbit paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Comprehensive Cost and Schedule Information Would Enhance Congressional OversightPrinted p. 4 (PDF p. 8), first paragraph; corroborated in GAO-26 Table 1.

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Orbit paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Molniya: elliptical orbit

The ring · light layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit, Molniya discussion

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Medium Earth orbit

The ring · light layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Terra in low Earth orbit

The ring · light layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsLow Earth Orbit, Terra sun-synchronous example

Representative / not to scale

The ring · light layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Bus, infrared payload, mission processor, communications

The ring · data layer · Payload, mission processor and communications. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Space Development Agency Should Be More Realistic and Transparent About Risks to Capability DeliveryPWSA-Enabling Technologies and Processes, opening description.

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Payload, mission processor and communications. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

0.1194 s

The ring · data layer · Space-to-ground communications path. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Formula: One-way light travel time

Assumption: Reference distance

• Fundamental Physical Constants: complete listing, 2022 CODATA adjustmentRows for speed of light, Planck constant and Boltzmann constant

35786 km

The ring · data layer · Space-to-ground communications path. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Formula: Geometric distance to nadir

Assumption: Reference distance

• Astrodynamic ParametersPlanetary Masses: Earth GM; parameter table: mean sidereal day
• Earth Fact SheetBulk parameters: equatorial radius
• Deriving Kepler’s Formula for Binary StarsEquation 4, Kepler’s Third Law; negligible secondary mass approximation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite (GEO)Geostationary orbit definition: 35,786 km reference altitude
• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsHighly Elliptical Orbits: generic Molniya eccentricity 0.722; this model chooses a half-sidereal-day example

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Space-to-ground communications path. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Spacecraft operations and mission-data processing

The ring · data layer · Ground segment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Comprehensive Cost and Schedule Information Would Enhance Congressional OversightPrinted p. 1 (PDF p. 5), opening paragraph; printed p. 8 (PDF p. 12), acquisition-strategy paragraph.

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Ground segment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Molniya: elliptical orbit

The ring · data layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit, Molniya discussion

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Medium Earth orbit

The ring · data layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Terra in low Earth orbit

The ring · data layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsLow Earth Orbit, Terra sun-synchronous example

Representative / not to scale

The ring · data layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Incident sunlight. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Spacecraft radiator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Molniya: elliptical orbit

The ring · heat layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit, Molniya discussion

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Highly elliptical orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Medium Earth orbit

The ring · heat layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsMedium Earth Orbit

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Medium Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Terra in low Earth orbit

The ring · heat layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Catalog of Earth Satellite OrbitsLow Earth Orbit, Terra sun-synchronous example

Representative / not to scale

The ring · heat layer · Low Earth orbit spacecraft. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports ABI, GLM, star trackers and inertial reference units

The satellite · light layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 2-1 / PDF p. 23; Structures, printed p. 15-10 / PDF p. 170

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Co-mounts Earth-observing instruments and attitude-reference hardware

The satellite · Infrared instrument and mounting platform · Earth Pointing Platform (EPP). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-10 / PDF p. 170, Structures; printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Honeycomb core panels, equipment panels and instrument platforms

The satellite · light layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AStructures, printed pp. 15-9–15-10 / PDF pp. 169–170; Figures 15-15 and 15-16

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Honeycomb panels support propulsion; adapter ring mates to the launch vehicle

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Core structure and adapter ring. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 15-9–15-10 / PDF pp. 169–170, Structures

Structural equipment mounts with embedded heat pipes

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-10 / PDF p. 170, Structures; printed p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157

Retain the platform for transport and launch, then release its isolation system

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · EPP Launch Lock Assemblies. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-9 / PDF p. 169, Earth Pointing Platform Uncaging

Passive isolators reduce transmission of spacecraft disturbances to the payload deck

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Earth Pointing Platform isolators. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• In-Flight Line-Of-Sight Pointing Performance for the GOES-16 and GOES-17 SpacecraftPDF pp. 2–4, GN&C Design Approach and EPP/RWA Isolation Design

System-level electrical reference and control of unwanted subsystem interaction

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Ground-reference connections. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4001A: Electrical Grounding Architecture for Uncrewed SpacecraftSection 1, p. 7; Foreword p. 4

Controls radiated emissions and crosstalk through a coordinated harness design

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Cable shields. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4001A: Electrical Grounding Architecture for Uncrewed SpacecraftSection 5.2.8, pp. 36–37, electromagnetic cable shielding

A clamped pair of interface rings can release and separate with springs

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Launch-vehicle separation interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 10.0 Integration, Launch, and DeploymentSection 10.4.3, circular separation-system and clamp-band paragraphs

Vents and blanket venting are directed away from sensitive items

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Vented housing and vent passages. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-Q-ST-70-01C Rev.1: Cleanliness and contamination controlAnnex F, p. 81, items b.1–b.3

Bonded structural interfaces and flexible joints

The satellite · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels · Electrical bonding straps. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4002B: Mitigating In-Space Charging Effects—A GuidelineSection 5.2.1.3, PDF pp. 53–54; section 5.2.1.13, PDF p. 63

Semiconductors convert light into electrical current

The satellite · light layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology: 3.0 PowerSection 3.2.1 Solar Cells, opening paragraphs; incidence and multi-junction cells

42 cells in series × 10 parallel strings; 16 circuits

The satellite · light layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array, printed p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135, paragraph above Figure 11-3

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Semiconductors convert light into electrical current

The satellite · Solar array · Photovoltaic cells. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology: 3.0 PowerSection 3.2.1 Solar Cells, opening paragraphs; incidence and multi-junction cells

GOES-R circuit: 42 cells in series per string; 10 strings in parallel

The satellite · Solar array · Solar cells, strings, and circuits. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135, Solar Array

Limit propagation of electrical shorts

The satellite · Solar array · String and circuit isolation diodes. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135, Solar Array

Coverglass and optical coatings

The satellite · Solar array · Solar-cell coverglass and optical coatings. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Anti-Reflection Coated Cover GlassesObjectives and Features

Release devices, spring hinges, dampers, hard stops and latches

The satellite · light layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARestraint Mechanisms and Hinges, printed pp. 15-1–15-3 / PDF pp. 161–163

Motor drive and resolver; slip rings carry array power

The satellite · light layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array Drive/Slip Ring Assembly, printed p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Actuator and retraction mechanism restrain and release deployables

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Shear tie assemblies. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 15-1–15-2 / PDF pp. 161–162, Restraint Mechanisms

Named restraint-release devices used on different appendages

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Frangibolts, separation nuts, and split-spool release devices. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-2 / PDF p. 162, restraint and release actuator list

Springs deploy appendages; dampers control their rotation

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Deployment hinges and viscous dampers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 15-2–15-3 / PDF pp. 162–163, Hinges

Motor-driven rotation of the solar wing

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164, SADA/SRA

Electrical power crosses the rotating solar-wing interface

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Slip Ring Assembly (SRA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164, SADA/SRA

Electronic drive interface for SADA motion

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Solar Array Drive Electronics (SADE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164, SADA/SRA; printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Motor and drive train rotate the Sun-Pointing Platform

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Sun-Pointing Platform Elevation Gimbal Assembly (SEGA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164, SEGA and TBA

Supports the opposite end of the Sun-Pointing Platform axis

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Trailer Bearing Assembly (TBA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164, SEGA and TBA

Monitor deployment progress and report lock/latch state through telemetry

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Deployment-position sensors and latch-status indicators. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-70-11C: Space segment operabilitySection 5.9.5b–e, PDF p. 52
• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.5.4.2a–b and 4.7.5.4.3b, PDF pp. 40–41

Venting accommodates ascent depressurization while controlling particle contamination

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Pressure-equalization vent passages. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.5.4.11a–c, PDF p. 46

Protect electrical connections from harness loads and verify repeatable routing through motion

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Harness clamps and strain-relief supports. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.7.7, PDF p. 51

Qualify lubrication for the mission; contain fluid migration where sensitive equipment requires it

The satellite · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly · Bearing lubricant or lubricating surface and migration barrier. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.3.1a–b and 4.7.3.3.3a–b, PDF pp. 26 and 29

Array shunts, battery buck/boost converters and low-voltage buck converters

The satellite · light layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-2 / PDF p. 134; PRU module list, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The satellite · light layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Regulates flow from arrays and batteries to loads

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Power Regulation Unit (PRU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, Power Regulation Unit

Main-bus regulation, load ports, current sensing, and command interface

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Central Distribution Assembly (CDA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, CDA bullet

Control array power admitted to the regulated bus

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Solar Array Shunt (SAS) modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, SAS bullet

Buck/boost conversion manages power to and from the batteries

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Battery Charger/Discharger (BCD) modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, BCD bullet

Regulation electronics, load ports, and sensing for the lower-voltage bus

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Low Voltage Control Module (LCM). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, LCM bullet

Buck converters feed the lower-voltage bus

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Low Voltage Power Modules (LPMs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, LPM bullet

Switched feeds and current sensors serve instruments and other loads

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Power Distribution Modules (PDMs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, PDM bullet

Overcurrent protection limits fault propagation

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Fuse Board Assemblies (FBAs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 11-1 and 11-6 / PDF pp. 133 and 138

Relays enable and energize deployment devices

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Pyro Relay Assemblies (PRAs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-1 / PDF p. 133, EPS major components

Converts measured feed current into an analog telemetry voltage

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Current Sensor Unit (CSU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 10-6–10-7 / PDF pp. 130–131, Current Sensor Unit

Passive harness interface provides a safe electrostatic-discharge path

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Transient Suppression Unit (TSU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-7 / PDF p. 131, TSU

Discharge the battery and prevent renewed charging from the solar array

The satellite · Power regulation and distribution unit · Battery discharge and recharge-isolation circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Testing space batteries to destruction for cleaner skiesFinal recommendations paragraph following the abuse-test discussion

Supplies eclipse and peak-load demand; recharges from excess array power

The satellite · light layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 11-2–11-4 / PDF pp. 134–136, Batteries and EPS operation

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Parallel cells form banks that are connected in series

The satellite · Rechargeable battery assembly · Lithium-ion cell banks. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136, Batteries

Balance cell-bank voltages and remove a failed bank from the path

The satellite · Rechargeable battery assembly · Cell-bank balancing circuits and bypass switches. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136, Batteries

Monitor temperature and manage battery heat

The satellite · Rechargeable battery assembly · Battery sensors, heaters, and radiator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136, Batteries; printed p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157

Discharge the battery and prevent renewed charging from the solar array

The satellite · Rechargeable battery assembly · Battery discharge and recharge-isolation circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Testing space batteries to destruction for cleaner skiesFinal recommendations paragraph following the abuse-test discussion

Star trackers and an inertial measurement unit

The satellite · light layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AGuidance Navigation & Control, printed p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude-determination paragraph

Coarse analog sensors for Sun acquisition; fine sensor on the Sun-pointing platform

The satellite · light layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASun Sensors, printed pp. 12-2–12-3 / PDF pp. 142–143

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Provide celestial attitude-reference measurements

The satellite · Attitude and navigation sensors · Star trackers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude determination
• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page twoCelestial Reference and Inertial Reference

Gyros and accelerometers supply inertial measurements

The satellite · Attitude and navigation sensors · Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude determination
• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page twoCelestial Reference and Inertial Reference

Provides orbit-determination information

The satellite · Attitude and navigation sensors · Global Positioning System Receiver (GPSR). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, orbit determination; printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Measure Sun direction relative to the spacecraft or platform

The satellite · Attitude and navigation sensors · Coarse and Fine Sun Sensor Assemblies. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 12-2–12-3 / PDF pp. 142–143, Sun Sensors

Exchange angular momentum between wheel and spacecraft

The satellite · light layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page twoAttitude and Articulation Control, 3-Axis paragraphs; momentum desaturation

Reaction wheels, with propulsion for momentum management

The satellite · light layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141; Propulsion Subsystem, printed p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Primary attitude-control actuators in the named GOES-R design

The satellite · Reaction-wheel assembly · Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude control
• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page twoAttitude and Articulation Control, 3-Axis paragraphs; momentum desaturation

Separate passive isolation at the reaction wheels complements platform isolation

The satellite · Reaction-wheel assembly · Reaction-wheel isolators. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• In-Flight Line-Of-Sight Pointing Performance for the GOES-16 and GOES-17 SpacecraftPDF p. 3, reaction-wheel configuration paragraph

Tanks, pressurant, management devices, valves, filters and pressure sensors

The satellite · light layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APropulsion Subsystem, printed pp. 13-2–13-3 / PDF pp. 152–153; tank and feed-system paragraphs

Orbit changes, attitude control and reaction-wheel momentum management

The satellite · light layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APropulsion Subsystem, printed p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151, opening paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Store propellant and supply gas-free liquid to the feed system

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Propellant tanks and management devices. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 13-2 / PDF p. 152, tanks and PMDs

Supply gas pressure and regulate the tank environment

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Pressurant tanks and pressure regulator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 13-3 / PDF p. 153, pressurant paragraph

Control feed-system flow and servicing interfaces

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Check valves, latch valves, and service valves. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 13-3 / PDF p. 153, feed-system paragraphs

Limit contamination and supply pressure telemetry

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Filters and pressure transducers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 13-3 / PDF p. 153, feed-system paragraphs

Distinct propulsion assemblies serve orbit and attitude roles

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Liquid Apogee Engine, REAs, and arcjets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151, Propulsion Subsystem

Retirement addresses remaining propellant and pressurant energy

The satellite · Propellant tanks and thrusters · Propellant and pressurant depletion or vent paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Zero Debris TechnologiesReducing the amount of space debris; End-of-life passivation

Runs flight software; routes commands, telemetry and instrument data

The satellite · light layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOn Board Computer, printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Preserve spacecraft resources and commandability while maintaining a sustainable power and thermal state

The satellite · light layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.1 ARC, 3.7.4.3; section 3.3 JPL, 4.9.2.2

Redundancy depends on containing faults within defined regions

The satellite · light layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.3 JPL, 4.9.1.4 and rationale

Project-specific assurance addresses ionizing dose, displacement damage, and single-event effects in EEE components

The satellite · light layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-Q-ST-60-15C Rev.1: Radiation hardness assuranceScope, first paragraph

Validates uplink commands and formats health telemetry

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Command and Telemetry Processor (CTP). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-2 / PDF p. 126, CTP

Discrete component on/off commanding

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Relay Drive Card (RDC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-2 / PDF p. 126, CTP

Monitors OBC heartbeat and supports recovery

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Redundancy Management Card (RMC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-2 / PDF p. 126, CTP

Runs flight software and gathers/routes commands and data

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · On Board Computer (OBC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127, On Board Computer

Collects instrument science data for the Raw Data Link

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · SpaceWire Router Card (SWRC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127, SWRC paragraph

Route subsystem commands and collect requested telemetry

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Remote Interface Units (RIUs) and SPP Interface Unit (SIU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-4 / PDF p. 128, RIU/SIU

Modular power, data-bus, and board-interface hardware

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · RIU/SIU converter, control board, and harness backplane. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 10-5 / PDF p. 129, RIU/SIU modular design

Collect analog/status measurements and issue relay, heater, and motor commands

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · RIU telemetry and actuator interfaces. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 10-5–10-6 / PDF pp. 129–130, common and additional functions

Stores command sequences or data awaiting transmission

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Command memory and data storage. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page oneSequence Storage; Data Storage

Permanent memory can retain processor boot/safe-hold code or a basic programmable-logic configuration

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Boot and recovery memory. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4008 with Change 2: Programmable Logic Devices HandbookAppendix F.5.5, printed/PDF p. 113

Memory interfaces implement error detection and correction appropriate to their application

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Memory interface and error-correction logic. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4008 with Change 2: Programmable Logic Devices HandbookAppendix F.5.5, printed/PDF p. 113

Reset circuitry coordinates startup and protects critical signals while power and clocks settle

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Power-on-reset circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4008 with Change 2: Programmable Logic Devices HandbookAppendix F.1.1-F.1.3, printed/PDF pp. 103-105

A data-system counter schedules activity and time-tags engineering and science data

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Spacecraft time counter. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page oneSpacecraft Clock, first and third paragraphs

Monitor deployment progress and report lock/latch state through telemetry

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Deployment-position sensors and latch-status indicators. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-70-11C: Space segment operabilitySection 5.9.5b–e, PDF p. 52
• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.5.4.2a–b and 4.7.5.4.3b, PDF pp. 40–41

Chassis, seams, cable shields and entry terminations

The satellite · Flight computer and remote interface units · Electronics enclosure and shield terminations. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4002B: Mitigating In-Space Charging Effects—A GuidelineSection 5.2.1.2, PDF pp. 52–53

Instrument data; tracking, telemetry and command; relay services

The satellite · light layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACommunications Subsystem, printed pp. 9-1–9-3 / PDF pp. 117–119; distinct service functions

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Separate command, health telemetry, and tracking functions

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Tracking, Telemetry, and Command (TT&C). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-6 / PDF p. 122, TT&C

Transmits raw instrument data to ground stations

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Raw Data Link (RDL). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-4 / PDF p. 120, GOES Raw Data Link

Combined command receiver and telemetry transmitter

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · CDAS transceiver. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-8 / PDF p. 124, CDAS transceiver bullet

Command, telemetry, and ranging communications

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · S-band transponder. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-8 / PDF p. 124, S-Band transponder bullet

Amplify and linearize downlink RF input signals

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-8 / PDF p. 124, TWTA bullet

Stable reference for communications electronics

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Reference oscillator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-8 / PDF p. 124, reference oscillator bullet

Modulate downlink signals or receive/filter/convert uplink signals

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · RF modulators and receiver chains. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 9-8 / PDF p. 124, communications electronic assemblies

Separate radiating structures serve different communication functions

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Antenna horns, feed network, and reflector. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 9-6–9-7 / PDF pp. 122–123, antenna descriptions

Orthogonal stepper motors and position telemetry steer the reflector

The satellite · Antennas and radio electronics · Reflector-antenna gimbal. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 15-3 / PDF p. 163, Gimbal

Heat pipes spread heat; optical solar reflectors limit solar absorption and emit heat

The satellite · light layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

MLI, low-emissivity coatings and low-conductivity stand-offs reduce heat transfer

The satellite · light layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · light layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Reduce unwanted thermal exchange

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Multilayer insulation and low-conductivity supports. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156, passive thermal control

Limit solar absorption, spread heat, and emit thermal energy

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Optical solar reflectors and radiator heat pipes. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156, passive thermal control

Fixed thermostatic control or software control with temperature feedback

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Thermostats, thermistors, and heater circuits. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156, regulated heater circuits

Selected boxes use conductive bonds to equipment panels

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Conductive equipment mounts. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel paragraph

Outgassing evaluation considers sensitive surfaces and cryogenic water deposition

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Adhesives, coatings, insulation, and harness materials. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-STD-6016C: Standard Materials and Processes Requirements for SpacecraftSection 4.2.3.6, pp. 48–49

Bonding tabs connect conductive layers to structure

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Thermal-blanket bonding tabs. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4002B: Mitigating In-Space Charging Effects—A GuidelineSection 5.2.5.1, PDF pp. 78–79; section 5.2.1.2, PDF p. 53

Ground-referenced conductive or dissipative surfaces

The satellite · Radiator panels and thermal insulation · Charge-dissipative surface coating. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-HDBK-4002B: Mitigating In-Space Charging Effects—A GuidelineSection 5.2.1.5, PDF pp. 55–57

Filtered scene image becomes analog electrical signals

The satellite · data layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, first paragraph

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

The satellite · data layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

The satellite · data layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Gather telemetry and drive relays, heaters, motors and thruster interfaces

The satellite · data layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARIU/SIU, printed pp. 10-4–10-6 / PDF pp. 128–130; common functions and operational features

Honeycomb core panels, equipment panels and instrument platforms

The satellite · data layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AStructures, printed pp. 15-9–15-10 / PDF pp. 169–170; Figures 15-15 and 15-16

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Module temperature/status; array, battery and load currents

The satellite · data layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, final paragraph

String and circuit isolation diodes

The satellite · data layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array, printed p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Motor drive and resolver; slip rings carry array power

The satellite · data layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array Drive/Slip Ring Assembly, printed p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Module temperature/status; array, battery and load currents

The satellite · data layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137, final paragraph

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The satellite · data layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cell-bank voltage monitoring, current taper and balancing

The satellite · data layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ABatteries, printed p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136, charge-control paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Star trackers and an inertial measurement unit

The satellite · data layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AGuidance Navigation & Control, printed p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141, attitude-determination paragraph

Coarse analog sensors for Sun acquisition; fine sensor on the Sun-pointing platform

The satellite · data layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASun Sensors, printed pp. 12-2–12-3 / PDF pp. 142–143

Runs flight software; routes commands, telemetry and instrument data

The satellite · data layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOn Board Computer, printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Gather telemetry and drive relays, heaters, motors and thruster interfaces

The satellite · data layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARIU/SIU, printed pp. 10-4–10-6 / PDF pp. 128–130; common functions and operational features

Reaction wheels, with propulsion for momentum management

The satellite · data layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141; Propulsion Subsystem, printed p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Tanks, pressurant, management devices, valves, filters and pressure sensors

The satellite · data layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APropulsion Subsystem, printed pp. 13-2–13-3 / PDF pp. 152–153; tank and feed-system paragraphs

Gather telemetry and drive relays, heaters, motors and thruster interfaces

The satellite · data layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARIU/SIU, printed pp. 10-4–10-6 / PDF pp. 128–130; common functions and operational features

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Validates commands and formats spacecraft health telemetry

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACommand and Telemetry Processor, printed p. 10-2 / PDF p. 126

Runs flight software; routes commands, telemetry and instrument data

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOn Board Computer, printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Command sequences and data records can be stored in onboard memory

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Basics of Space Flight: Chapter 11, Onboard Systems, page oneSequence Storage; Spacecraft Clock; Telemetry Packaging and Coding; Data Storage

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Preserve spacecraft resources and commandability while maintaining a sustainable power and thermal state

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.1 ARC, 3.7.4.3; section 3.3 JPL, 4.9.2.2

Redundancy depends on containing faults within defined regions

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.3 JPL, 4.9.1.4 and rationale

Project-specific assurance addresses ionizing dose, displacement damage, and single-event effects in EEE components

The satellite · data layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-Q-ST-60-15C Rev.1: Radiation hardness assuranceScope, first paragraph

Instrument data; tracking, telemetry and command; relay services

The satellite · data layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACommunications Subsystem, printed pp. 9-1–9-3 / PDF pp. 117–119; distinct service functions

Runs flight software; routes commands, telemetry and instrument data

The satellite · data layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOn Board Computer, printed p. 10-3 / PDF p. 127

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Thermostatic circuits and computer-controlled circuits with thermistor feedback

The satellite · data layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 14-2–14-3 / PDF pp. 156–157

Heat pipes spread heat; optical solar reflectors limit solar absorption and emit heat

The satellite · data layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · data layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Titanium mounting feet, thermal blankets and dedicated heat-rejection paths

The satellite · heat layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AEarth Pointing Platform, printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Infrared instrument and mounting platform. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Heat pipes spread heat; optical solar reflectors limit solar absorption and emit heat

The satellite · heat layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

MLI, low-emissivity coatings and low-conductivity stand-offs reduce heat transfer

The satellite · heat layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Spacecraft bus and equipment panels. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

42 cells in series × 10 parallel strings; 16 circuits

The satellite · heat layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array, printed p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135, paragraph above Figure 11-3

String and circuit isolation diodes

The satellite · heat layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array, printed p. 11-3 / PDF p. 135

Array shunts, battery buck/boost converters and low-voltage buck converters

The satellite · heat layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-2 / PDF p. 134; PRU module list, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Solar array. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

MLI around the gimbals and heaters; rotation interfaces remain clear

The satellite · heat layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array Wing Assembly, printed p. 14-6 / PDF p. 160

Motor drive and resolver; slip rings carry array power

The satellite · heat layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASolar Array Drive/Slip Ring Assembly, printed p. 15-4 / PDF p. 164

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Solar-array deployment and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

70 V and 28 V

The satellite · heat layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectrical Power Subsystem, printed pp. 11-1–11-2 / PDF pp. 133–134; nominal bus names, not generic spacecraft voltages

Array shunts, battery buck/boost converters and low-voltage buck converters

The satellite · heat layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 11-2 / PDF p. 134; PRU module list, printed p. 11-5 / PDF p. 137

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The satellite · heat layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Power regulation and distribution unit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Temperature sensors, heaters and dedicated radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ABatteries, printed p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136; printed p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, final paragraph

Cell-bank voltage monitoring, current taper and balancing

The satellite · heat layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ABatteries, printed p. 11-4 / PDF p. 136, charge-control paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Rechargeable battery assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports ABI, GLM, star trackers and inertial reference units

The satellite · heat layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 2-1 / PDF p. 23; Structures, printed p. 15-10 / PDF p. 170

Titanium mounting feet, thermal blankets and dedicated heat-rejection paths

The satellite · heat layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AEarth Pointing Platform, printed p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Attitude and navigation sensors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Reaction wheels, with propulsion for momentum management

The satellite · heat layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 12-1 / PDF p. 141; Propulsion Subsystem, printed p. 13-1 / PDF p. 151

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Reaction-wheel assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Blanketed spacecraft cavity; heat shield around the apogee engine

The satellite · heat layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, MLI and LAE paragraph

Gather telemetry and drive relays, heaters, motors and thruster interfaces

The satellite · heat layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ARIU/SIU, printed pp. 10-4–10-6 / PDF pp. 128–130; common functions and operational features

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Propellant tanks and thrusters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Preserve spacecraft resources and commandability while maintaining a sustainable power and thermal state

The satellite · heat layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.1 ARC, 3.7.4.3; section 3.3 JPL, 4.9.2.2

Redundancy depends on containing faults within defined regions

The satellite · heat layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Software Engineering Handbook Version D: 9.07 Fault Detection and ResponseSection 3.3 JPL, 4.9.1.4 and rationale

Project-specific assurance addresses ionizing dose, displacement damage, and single-event effects in EEE components

The satellite · heat layer · Flight computer and remote interface units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-Q-ST-60-15C Rev.1: Radiation hardness assuranceScope, first paragraph

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The satellite · heat layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Antennas and radio electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Heat pipes spread heat; optical solar reflectors limit solar absorption and emit heat

The satellite · heat layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APassive thermal control, printed p. 14-2 / PDF p. 156

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The satellite · heat layer · Radiator panels and thermal insulation. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Four-mirror telescope forms images on three focal-plane modules

The payload · light layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Supports the sensor subsystems

The payload · light layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Optical Bench row

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports the sensor subsystems and carries loads to the spacecraft

The payload · Telescope and optical bench · Optical Bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-5–3-6 / PDF pp. 33–34, Sensor Unit and Table 3-4

Four telescope mirrors form images on three focal-plane modules

The payload · Telescope and optical bench · Telescope Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System

Outgassing evaluation considers sensitive surfaces and cryogenic water deposition

The payload · Telescope and optical bench · Adhesives, coatings, insulation, and harness materials. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-STD-6016C: Standard Materials and Processes Requirements for SpacecraftSection 4.2.3.6, pp. 48–49

Baffles reduce stray light; deployable cover protects against contamination

The payload · light layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34; Optical Port Sunshield Assembly, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Shields collect solar heat; constant-conductance heat pipes carry it away

The payload · light layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AScan Shroud Assembly, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Baffles reduce stray light entering the sensor

The payload · Optical-port baffles and sunshield · Optical Port Sunshield Assembly (OPSA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-6–3-7 / PDF pp. 34–35, OPSA

Vents and blanket venting are directed away from sensitive items

The payload · Optical-port baffles and sunshield · Vented housing and vent passages. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-Q-ST-70-01C Rev.1: Cleanliness and contamination controlAnnex F, p. 81, items b.1–b.3

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · light layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · light layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Filtered scene image becomes analog electrical signals

The payload · light layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, first paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Filter the image and produce analog signals

The payload · Focal-plane modules · Focal Plane Modules (FPMs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules

One channel’s detector array plus its ROIC

The payload · Focal-plane modules · Focal Plane Array (FPA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Electrical readout associated with each detector array

The payload · Focal-plane modules · Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · light layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The payload · light layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Video Processors plus Peripheral and Thermal Control electronics

The payload · Sensor Unit Electronics · Sensor Unit Electronics (SUE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and SUE

Provide detector-array operating bias voltages

The payload · Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: bias interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Generate the timing used to read focal-plane arrays

The payload · Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: readout timing. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Collect and format samples for the EU Data Processor

The payload · Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: sample collection. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Filtered scene image becomes analog electrical signals

The payload · light layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, first paragraph

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

The payload · light layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

SUE circuit cards digitize the focal-plane data

The payload · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry · Analog-to-digital conversion electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43, Electronics

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · light layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · light layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Orthogonal mirrors steer the line of sight in separate directions

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · NS and EW Scan Mirror Assemblies. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Optical System and Figure 3-4

Bench-mounted motor drives one side of a scan mirror

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Scan Drive Assembly (SDA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

Reports scan-mirror position

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Optical encoder. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

Supports the opposite side of the scan mirror

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Support Bearing Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

EU circuit card controls scan-mirror motion

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Scanner Interface & Motor Driver (SIMD). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45; printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Power optical encoders and compute scan-mirror position

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · EW and NS Encoder Processors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Encoder Processors row

Venting accommodates ascent depressurization while controlling particle contamination

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Pressure-equalization vent passages. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.5.4.11a–c, PDF p. 46

Protect electrical connections from harness loads and verify repeatable routing through motion

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Harness clamps and strain-relief supports. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.7.7, PDF p. 51

Qualify lubrication for the mission; contain fluid migration where sensitive equipment requires it

The payload · Scan mirrors and drive assembly · Bearing lubricant or lubricating surface and migration barrier. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.3.1a–b and 4.7.3.3.3a–b, PDF pp. 26 and 29

Nonexplosive release for the optical-port cover

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Open the released cover and capture it at a stop

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Motor-driven calibration cover with a launch lock

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Baffles reduce stray light; deployable cover protects against contamination

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34; Optical Port Sunshield Assembly, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

One-time deployable protective cover

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Optical Port Cover (OPC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Nonexplosive release for the optical-port cover

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Shape-memory-alloy pin-puller launch lock. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Open the released cover and capture it at a stop

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Spring-loaded cover hinges and stop. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Moves one telescope mirror for focus adjustment

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Telescope focus motor. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System; printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC

Motor-driven calibration cover with a launch lock

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Solar Calibration Cover (SCC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Monitor deployment progress and report lock/latch state through telemetry

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Deployment-position sensors and latch-status indicators. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-70-11C: Space segment operabilitySection 5.9.5b–e, PDF p. 52
• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.5.4.2a–b and 4.7.5.4.3b, PDF pp. 40–41

Venting accommodates ascent depressurization while controlling particle contamination

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Pressure-equalization vent passages. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.5.4.11a–c, PDF p. 46

Protect electrical connections from harness loads and verify repeatable routing through motion

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Harness clamps and strain-relief supports. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSection 4.7.7.7, PDF p. 51

Qualify lubrication for the mission; contain fluid migration where sensitive equipment requires it

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Bearing lubricant or lubricating surface and migration barrier. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.2: MechanismsSections 4.7.3.1a–b and 4.7.3.3.3a–b, PDF pp. 26 and 29

A defined mechanical connection links instrument and ground purge equipment

The payload · Port-cover and focus mechanisms · Instrument purge connection. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• CII Contamination Control Best PracticesPDF pp. 10–11, 9.7.4.1–9.7.4.2

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

The payload · Calibration targets and reference views · Internal Calibration Target (ICT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

The payload · Calibration targets and reference views · Solar Calibration Target (SCT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

The payload · Calibration targets and reference views · Space-look reference. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · light layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · light layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Separates VNIR from infrared radiation

The payload · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops · VIS/IR beamsplitter (BS1). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System and Figure 3-5

Redirects the VNIR path toward its focal-plane module

The payload · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops · Fold mirror. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System

Separates the MWIR and LWIR paths

The payload · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops · MW/LW beamsplitter (BS2). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics

Bandpass filters select individual spectral channels

The payload · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops · Channel filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-8–3-9 / PDF pp. 36–37, Aft Optics and FPMs

Named elements within the controlled cryogenic aft optics

The payload · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops · Windows and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics and Figure 3-5

A single-board computer operates the instrument

The payload · light layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · light layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · light layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Main spacecraft interface with power, control, data, and scan electronics

The payload · Instrument controller and timing cards · Electronics Unit (EU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Single-board computer operates ABI

The payload · Instrument controller and timing cards · Instrument Controller (IC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller

Controls sensor-unit thermal hardware and mechanisms except the scanner

The payload · Instrument controller and timing cards · Peripheral and Thermal Control (P&TC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Serial control link to the EU Telemetry and Timing card

The payload · Instrument controller and timing cards · P&TC command and telemetry interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

The payload · light layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · light layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · light layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Formats and packetizes detector data

The payload · Data processor and interface cards · Data Processor. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor

SpaceWire communications interface to the spacecraft

The payload · Data processor and interface cards · High Speed I/O (HSIO). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, High Speed I/O

Generates system clocks and handles ABI telemetry

The payload · Data processor and interface cards · Telemetry and Timing (TNT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing

Power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument rails

The payload · light layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The payload · light layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · light layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Converts spacecraft input into ABI electronics supply voltages

The payload · Instrument power-supply card · EU Power Supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply

Parent board and CCAs provide separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

The payload · Instrument power-supply card · EU parent board and redundant card sets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

The payload · Instrument power-supply card · SUE redundant electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · light layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The payload · light layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · light layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Pumps focal-plane heat toward the radiator/heat-pipe assembly

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Two-stage pulse-tube cryocooler. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Integral cooler, remote cold head, and transfer line

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Thermal Dynamic Unit (TDU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Cold region monitored by the CCE thermometer

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Remote cold head. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-14 and 3-17 / PDF pp. 42 and 45, Cryocooler and CCE

Operates the cooler and controls cold-head temperature

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Cryocooler Control Electronics (CCE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Measures cold-head temperature for feedback

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Platinum resistance thermometer (PRT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Duty cycle adjusted to maintain the cold-head set point

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Cryocooler power amplifiers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Can operate individually or together

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Redundant cryocooler units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Shields collect solar heat in the scan cavity

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Scan Shroud Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Scan Shroud Assembly

Carry scan-shroud heat to the radiator/LHP assembly

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Constant-conductance heat pipes. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Scan Shroud Assembly

Transports Sensor Unit heat to the radiator

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly

Releases Sensor Unit thermal energy to space

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Thermal Control Radiator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly

Protect, control, or warm the Sensor Unit for distinct purposes

The payload · Cryocooler and control electronics · Survival, operational, and outgas heaters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43, Heaters

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · data layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · data layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · data layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Filtered scene image becomes analog electrical signals

The payload · data layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, first paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The payload · data layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

The payload · data layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

The payload · data layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · data layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · data layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Nonexplosive release for the optical-port cover

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Open the released cover and capture it at a stop

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Motor-driven calibration cover with a launch lock

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Baffles reduce stray light; deployable cover protects against contamination

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34; Optical Port Sunshield Assembly, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · data layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · data layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

A single-board computer operates the instrument

The payload · data layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · data layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · data layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

The payload · data layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · data layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · data layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument rails

The payload · data layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The payload · data layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · data layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

The payload · data layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · data layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports the sensor subsystems

The payload · heat layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Optical Bench row

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · heat layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The payload · heat layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Shields collect solar heat; constant-conductance heat pipes carry it away

The payload · heat layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AScan Shroud Assembly, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Optical-port baffles and sunshield. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The payload · heat layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · heat layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The payload · heat layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · heat layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

The payload · heat layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The payload · heat layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Analog-to-digital conversion circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · heat layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · heat layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Shields collect solar heat; constant-conductance heat pipes carry it away

The payload · heat layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AScan Shroud Assembly, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Scan mirrors and drive assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Nonexplosive release for the optical-port cover

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Open the released cover and capture it at a stop

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Motor-driven calibration cover with a launch lock

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Baffles reduce stray light; deployable cover protects against contamination

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34; Optical Port Sunshield Assembly, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Survival, operational and outgas heating

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AHeaters, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Port-cover and focus mechanisms. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Calibration targets and reference views. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Beamsplitters, channel filters, windows and cold stops

The payload · heat layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics paragraph

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The payload · heat layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Beamsplitters, filters and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Survival, operational and outgas heating

The payload · heat layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AHeaters, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43

Calibration target, heaters, covers and telescope focus motor

The payload · heat layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Instrument controller and timing cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

The payload · heat layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

The payload · heat layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · heat layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Data processor and interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument rails

The payload · heat layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Power-feed switches, current sensing and overcurrent fuses

The payload · heat layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APower Regulation Unit and Fuse Board Assemblies, printed pp. 11-5–11-6 / PDF pp. 137–138

Equipment panels conduct and radiate heat toward spacecraft radiators

The payload · heat layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-3 / PDF p. 157, equipment-panel radiators and wet/dry mounting paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Instrument power-supply card. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The payload · heat layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

The payload · heat layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The payload · heat layer · Cryocooler and control electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Detector array and associated readout integrated circuit per spectral channel

The focal plane · light layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics

Focal-plane output to Video Processor

The focal plane · light layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37; printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

One channel’s detector array plus its ROIC

The focal plane · Detector array and readout integrated circuit · Focal Plane Array (FPA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Electrical readout associated with each detector array

The focal plane · Detector array and readout integrated circuit · Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Filter the image and produce analog signals

The focal plane · Detector array and readout integrated circuit · Focal Plane Modules (FPMs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules

Windows and cold stops in a controlled cryogenic environment

The focal plane · light layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Telescope and Aft Optics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Named elements within the controlled cryogenic aft optics

The focal plane · Window and cold-stop assembly · Windows and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics and Figure 3-5

Thermal isolation at titanium mounting feet

The focal plane · light layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159, Thermal Control Subsystem

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports the sensor subsystems and carries loads to the spacecraft

The focal plane · Detector carrier and mounting frame · Optical Bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-5–3-6 / PDF pp. 33–34, Sensor Unit and Table 3-4

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Detector-package interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Provide detector-array operating bias voltages

The focal plane · Detector-package interconnect · Video Processors: bias interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Generate the timing used to read focal-plane arrays

The focal plane · Detector-package interconnect · Video Processors: readout timing. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Outgassing evaluation considers sensitive surfaces and cryogenic water deposition

The focal plane · Detector-package interconnect · Adhesives, coatings, insulation, and harness materials. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• NASA-STD-6016C: Standard Materials and Processes Requirements for SpacecraftSection 4.2.3.6, pp. 48–49

Detector array and associated readout integrated circuit per spectral channel

The focal plane · light layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics

Focal-plane output to Video Processor

The focal plane · light layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37; printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Video Processors plus Peripheral and Thermal Control electronics

The focal plane · Warm video electronics · Sensor Unit Electronics (SUE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and SUE

Collect and format samples for the EU Data Processor

The focal plane · Warm video electronics · Video Processors: sample collection. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Windows and cold stops in a controlled cryogenic environment

The focal plane · light layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Telescope and Aft Optics

Cryocooler, loop heat pipes, radiator

The focal plane · light layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-13–3-14 / PDF pp. 41–42, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly and Cryocooler

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Integral cooler, remote cold head, and transfer line

The focal plane · Cold finger and thermal strap · Thermal Dynamic Unit (TDU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Cold region monitored by the CCE thermometer

The focal plane · Cold finger and thermal strap · Remote cold head. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-14 and 3-17 / PDF pp. 42 and 45, Cryocooler and CCE

Transports Sensor Unit heat to the radiator

The focal plane · Cold finger and thermal strap · Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The focal plane · light layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The focal plane · light layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Provide detector-array operating bias voltages

The focal plane · Detector bias and timing electronics · Video Processors: bias interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Generate the timing used to read focal-plane arrays

The focal plane · Detector bias and timing electronics · Video Processors: readout timing. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

The focal plane · light layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The focal plane · light layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · light layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cold region monitored by the CCE thermometer

The focal plane · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller · Remote cold head. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-14 and 3-17 / PDF pp. 42 and 45, Cryocooler and CCE

Operates the cooler and controls cold-head temperature

The focal plane · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller · Cryocooler Control Electronics (CCE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Measures cold-head temperature for feedback

The focal plane · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller · Platinum resistance thermometer (PRT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Duty cycle adjusted to maintain the cold-head set point

The focal plane · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller · Cryocooler power amplifiers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Detector array and associated readout integrated circuit per spectral channel

The focal plane · data layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Focal-plane output to Video Processor

The focal plane · data layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37; printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and Sensor Unit Electronics

SUE conversion; Electronics Unit formatting and packetization

The focal plane · data layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-15–3-17 / PDF pp. 43–45, Sensor Unit Electronics and Table 3-6

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Timing, bias, and array readout

The focal plane · data layer · Detector-package interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Focal-plane output to Video Processor

The focal plane · data layer · Detector-package interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37; printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Detector-package interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Windows and cold stops in a controlled cryogenic environment

The focal plane · data layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Telescope and Aft Optics

Timing, bias, and array readout

The focal plane · data layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Temperature feedback and power-amplifier drive

The focal plane · data layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Cryocooler Control Electronics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The focal plane · data layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The focal plane · data layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

The focal plane · data layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The focal plane · data layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · data layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Detector array and associated readout integrated circuit per spectral channel

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics

Can reduce thermal noise

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Cryocoolers: the state of the art and recent developmentsPDF p. 2, Table 1

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector array and readout integrated circuit. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cryocooler, loop heat pipes, radiator

The focal plane · heat layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-13–3-14 / PDF pp. 41–42, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly and Cryocooler

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Cold finger and thermal strap. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Windows and cold stops in a controlled cryogenic environment

The focal plane · heat layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Telescope and Aft Optics

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Window and cold-stop assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Thermal isolation at titanium mounting feet

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 14-5 / PDF p. 159, Thermal Control Subsystem

Cryocooler, loop heat pipes, radiator

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-13–3-14 / PDF pp. 41–42, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly and Cryocooler

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector carrier and mounting frame. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector-package interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Focal-plane output to Video Processor

The focal plane · heat layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37; printed pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and Sensor Unit Electronics

Cryocooler, loop heat pipes, radiator

The focal plane · heat layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-13–3-14 / PDF pp. 41–42, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly and Cryocooler

Representative cutaway / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Warm video electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Detector bias and timing electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

The focal plane · heat layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

The focal plane · heat layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The focal plane · heat layer · Cold-head thermometer and cooler controller. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Infrared absorber. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Detector contact pad. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Reads detector arrays with video-processing electronics

The pixel · light layer · Readout circuit cell. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Sensor Unit Electronics row

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Readout circuit cell. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb indium interconnects join absorber pixels to the silicon readout circuit

The pixel · light layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureWebb Detector Architecture, first paragraph and Figure 4

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb indium interconnects join absorber pixels to the silicon readout circuit

The pixel · Indium interconnect · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureWebb Detector Architecture, first paragraph and Figure 4

NASA detector packaging bonds detector/readout assemblies to fixtures and circuit boards

The pixel · light layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Goddard's Detector TechnologyTranscript paragraph beginning The die are screened

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

NASA detector packaging bonds detector/readout assemblies to fixtures and circuit boards

The pixel · Detector support and circuit-board interface · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Goddard's Detector TechnologyTranscript paragraph beginning The die are screened

Webb readout circuitry carries many pixel signals to fewer outputs

The pixel · light layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureFigure 4 caption

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · light layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb readout circuitry carries many pixel signals to fewer outputs

The pixel · Readout output circuitry · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureFigure 4 caption

Converts incident photons into an electrical signal

The pixel · data layer · Infrared absorber. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Focal Plane Modules and Aft Optics row

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Infrared absorber. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Detector contact pad. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Reads detector arrays with video-processing electronics

The pixel · data layer · Readout circuit cell. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Sensor Unit Electronics row

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Readout circuit cell. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb indium interconnects join absorber pixels to the silicon readout circuit

The pixel · data layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureWebb Detector Architecture, first paragraph and Figure 4

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

NASA detector packaging bonds detector/readout assemblies to fixtures and circuit boards

The pixel · data layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Goddard's Detector TechnologyTranscript paragraph beginning The die are screened

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb readout circuitry carries many pixel signals to fewer outputs

The pixel · data layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureFigure 4 caption

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · data layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Can reduce thermal noise

The pixel · heat layer · Infrared absorber. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Cryocoolers: the state of the art and recent developmentsPDF p. 2, Table 1, benefits of cryogenic temperatures

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Infrared absorber. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Detector contact pad. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Readout circuit cell. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb indium interconnects join absorber pixels to the silicon readout circuit

The pixel · heat layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureWebb Detector Architecture, first paragraph and Figure 4

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Indium interconnect. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

NASA detector packaging bonds detector/readout assemblies to fixtures and circuit boards

The pixel · heat layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Goddard's Detector TechnologyTranscript paragraph beginning The die are screened

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Detector support and circuit-board interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Webb readout circuitry carries many pixel signals to fewer outputs

The pixel · heat layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Infrared Detectors: Webb Detector ArchitectureFigure 4 caption

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The pixel · heat layer · Readout output circuitry. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · light layer · Hot emitting gas. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · light layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · light layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative / not to scale

The photon · light layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · light layer · Radiation paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · light layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · light layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · light layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · light layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · data layer · Hot emitting gas. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · data layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · data layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative / not to scale

The photon · data layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · data layer · Radiation paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · data layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · data layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · data layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · data layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · heat layer · Hot emitting gas. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · heat layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · heat layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative / not to scale

The photon · heat layer · Molecular emission bands. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

The photon · heat layer · Radiation paths. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 4.3 μm

The photon · heat layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · heat layer · Carbon dioxide molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Near 2.7 μm

The photon · heat layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Determination of primary-zone smoke concentrations from spectral radiance measurements in gas turbine combustorsPrinted p. 5 / PDF p. 7

Representative arrangement / not to scale

The photon · heat layer · Water-vapor molecules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Ground-station antenna. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Mission-data processing equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Science pipelines transform uncorrected, uncalibrated data into usable products

Ground segment · Mission-data processing equipment · Science-processing servers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Ground & Flight Data Systems GroupOverview, second paragraph

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Spacecraft-operations workstations. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

RF front ends and receiver processing connect radio waveforms with data packets

Ground segment · light layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSections 11.6.1 and 11.7.1, introductory paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

RF front ends and receiver processing connect radio waveforms with data packets

Ground segment · Receiver and demodulation equipment · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSections 11.6.1 and 11.7.1, introductory paragraphs

Ground systems preserve telemetry and science records for later analysis

Ground segment · light layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSection 11.6, Mission and Science Operations Centers

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Ground systems preserve telemetry and science records for later analysis

Ground segment · Telemetry and science-data archive · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSection 11.6, Mission and Science Operations Centers

Stored energy can provide backup electrical power

Ground segment · light layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Development and Testing of an Ultracapacitor Based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) SystemPublic abstract, opening sentences

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · light layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Stored energy can provide backup electrical power

Ground segment · Uninterruptible power supply · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Development and Testing of an Ultracapacitor Based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) SystemPublic abstract, opening sentences

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Ground-station antenna. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Spacecraft operations and mission-data processing

Ground segment · data layer · Mission-data processing equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Comprehensive Cost and Schedule Information Would Enhance Congressional OversightPrinted p. 1 (PDF p. 5), opening paragraph; printed p. 8 (PDF p. 12), acquisition-strategy paragraph.

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Mission-data processing equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Spacecraft operations and mission-data processing

Ground segment · data layer · Spacecraft-operations workstations. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Missile Warning Satellites: Comprehensive Cost and Schedule Information Would Enhance Congressional OversightPrinted p. 1 (PDF p. 5), opening paragraph; printed p. 8 (PDF p. 12), acquisition-strategy paragraph.

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Spacecraft-operations workstations. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

RF front ends and receiver processing connect radio waveforms with data packets

Ground segment · data layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSections 11.6.1 and 11.7.1, introductory paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Ground systems preserve telemetry and science records for later analysis

Ground segment · data layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSection 11.6, Mission and Science Operations Centers

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Stored energy can provide backup electrical power

Ground segment · data layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Development and Testing of an Ultracapacitor Based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) SystemPublic abstract, opening sentences

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · data layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Ground-station antenna. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Mission-data processing equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Representative / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Spacecraft-operations workstations. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

RF front ends and receiver processing connect radio waveforms with data packets

Ground segment · heat layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSections 11.6.1 and 11.7.1, introductory paragraphs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Receiver and demodulation equipment. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Ground systems preserve telemetry and science records for later analysis

Ground segment · heat layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• 11.0 Ground Data Systems and Mission OperationsSection 11.6, Mission and Science Operations Centers

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Telemetry and science-data archive. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Stored energy can provide backup electrical power

Ground segment · heat layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Development and Testing of an Ultracapacitor Based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) SystemPublic abstract, opening sentences

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Ground segment · heat layer · Uninterruptible power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Four mirrors; three focal-plane modules

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Forms a scene image on focal-plane detectors

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Telescope row

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supports the sensor subsystems and carries loads to the spacecraft

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Optical Bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-5–3-6 / PDF pp. 33–34, Sensor Unit and Table 3-4

Four telescope mirrors form images on three focal-plane modules

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Telescope Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System

One-time deployable protective cover

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Optical Port Cover (OPC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Nonexplosive release for the optical-port cover

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Shape-memory-alloy pin-puller launch lock. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Open the released cover and capture it at a stop

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Spring-loaded cover hinges and stop. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, OPSA

Moves one telescope mirror for focus adjustment

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Telescope focus motor. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System; printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC

Motor-driven calibration cover with a launch lock

Civil twin: ABI · ABI telescope and optical bench · Solar Calibration Cover (SCC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

16

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)Instrument description

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Separates VNIR from infrared radiation

Civil twin: ABI · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters · VIS/IR beamsplitter (BS1). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System and Figure 3-5

Redirects the VNIR path toward its focal-plane module

Civil twin: ABI · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters · Fold mirror. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System

Separates the MWIR and LWIR paths

Civil twin: ABI · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters · MW/LW beamsplitter (BS2). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics

Bandpass filters select individual spectral channels

Civil twin: ABI · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters · Channel filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-8–3-9 / PDF pp. 36–37, Aft Optics and FPMs

Named elements within the controlled cryogenic aft optics

Civil twin: ABI · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters · Windows and cold stops. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics and Figure 3-5

HgCdTe

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-5, printed p. 3-11 / PDF p. 39

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Filter the image and produce analog signals

Civil twin: ABI · ABI focal-plane modules · Focal Plane Modules (FPMs). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, Focal Plane Modules

One channel’s detector array plus its ROIC

Civil twin: ABI · ABI focal-plane modules · Focal Plane Array (FPA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Electrical readout associated with each detector array

Civil twin: ABI · ABI focal-plane modules · Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, FPA definition

Orthogonal mirrors steer the line of sight in separate directions

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Optical System and Figure 3-4

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Orthogonal mirrors steer the line of sight in separate directions

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · NS and EW Scan Mirror Assemblies. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Optical System and Figure 3-4

Bench-mounted motor drives one side of a scan mirror

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · Scan Drive Assembly (SDA). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

Reports scan-mirror position

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · Optical encoder. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

Supports the opposite side of the scan mirror

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · Support Bearing Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Scan Mirror Assemblies paragraph

EU circuit card controls scan-mirror motion

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · Scanner Interface & Motor Driver (SIMD). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45; printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35

Power optical encoders and compute scan-mirror position

Civil twin: ABI · ABI scan mirrors and drives · EW and NS Encoder Processors. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Encoder Processors row

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

Civil twin: ABI · ABI calibration targets · Internal Calibration Target (ICT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

Civil twin: ABI · ABI calibration targets · Solar Calibration Target (SCT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

Civil twin: ABI · ABI calibration targets · Space-look reference. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Video Processors plus Peripheral and Thermal Control electronics

Civil twin: ABI · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics · Sensor Unit Electronics (SUE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-15–3-16 / PDF pp. 43–44, Electronics and SUE

Provide detector-array operating bias voltages

Civil twin: ABI · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: bias interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Generate the timing used to read focal-plane arrays

Civil twin: ABI · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: readout timing. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

Collect and format samples for the EU Data Processor

Civil twin: ABI · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics · Video Processors: sample collection. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Video Processors paragraph

A single-board computer operates the instrument

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Main spacecraft interface with power, control, data, and scan electronics

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · Electronics Unit (EU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Single-board computer operates ABI

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · Instrument Controller (IC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller

Controls sensor-unit thermal hardware and mechanisms except the scanner

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · Peripheral and Thermal Control (P&TC). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Serial control link to the EU Telemetry and Timing card

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · P&TC command and telemetry interface. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, P&TC paragraph

Formats and packetizes detector data

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · Data Processor. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor

SpaceWire communications interface to the spacecraft

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · High Speed I/O (HSIO). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, High Speed I/O

Generates system clocks and handles ABI telemetry

Civil twin: ABI · ABI controller and data-interface cards · Telemetry and Timing (TNT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Shields collect solar heat; constant-conductance heat pipes carry it away

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AScan Shroud Assembly, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Pumps focal-plane heat toward the radiator/heat-pipe assembly

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Two-stage pulse-tube cryocooler. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Integral cooler, remote cold head, and transfer line

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Thermal Dynamic Unit (TDU). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Cold region monitored by the CCE thermometer

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Remote cold head. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-14 and 3-17 / PDF pp. 42 and 45, Cryocooler and CCE

Operates the cooler and controls cold-head temperature

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Cryocooler Control Electronics (CCE). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Measures cold-head temperature for feedback

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Platinum resistance thermometer (PRT). Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Duty cycle adjusted to maintain the cold-head set point

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Cryocooler power amplifiers. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, CCE

Can operate individually or together

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Redundant cryocooler units. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Cryocooler

Shields collect solar heat in the scan cavity

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Scan Shroud Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Scan Shroud Assembly

Carry scan-shroud heat to the radiator/LHP assembly

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Constant-conductance heat pipes. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42, Scan Shroud Assembly

Transports Sensor Unit heat to the radiator

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) Assembly. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly

Releases Sensor Unit thermal energy to space

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Thermal Control Radiator. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-13 / PDF p. 41, Radiator/Loop Heat Pipe Assembly

Protect, control, or warm the Sensor Unit for distinct purposes

Civil twin: ABI · ABI cryocooler and heat transport · Survival, operational, and outgas heaters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43, Heaters

Power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument rails

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Parent board and CCAs provide separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · light layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Converts spacecraft input into ABI electronics supply voltages

Civil twin: ABI · ABI instrument power supply · EU Power Supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply

Parent board and CCAs provide separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · ABI instrument power supply · EU parent board and redundant card sets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · ABI instrument power supply · SUE redundant electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Four mirrors; three focal-plane modules

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Forms a scene image on focal-plane detectors

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-4, printed p. 3-6 / PDF p. 34, Telescope row

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Separates VNIR from infrared radiation

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Optical System and Figure 3-5

Separates the MWIR and LWIR paths

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36, Aft Optics

Bandpass filters select individual spectral channels

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted pp. 3-8–3-9 / PDF pp. 36–37, Aft Optics and FPMs

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Filtered scene image becomes analog electrical signals

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, first paragraph

30-60 s

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)One or two smaller areas, instrument description

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Orthogonal mirrors steer the line of sight in separate directions

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Optical System and Figure 3-4

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

10 min

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)Instrument description

5 min

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)Instrument description

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

A single-board computer operates the instrument

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row

Data Processor formats and packetizes; HSIO interfaces with SpaceWire

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Data Processor and High Speed I/O rows

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Focal planes → cooler → loop heat pipes → radiator

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Cold-head thermometer feeds power-amplifier duty-cycle control

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ACryocooler Control Electronics, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Shields collect solar heat; constant-conductance heat pipes carry it away

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AScan Shroud Assembly, printed p. 3-14 / PDF p. 42

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI cryocooler and heat transport. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Power supply converts spacecraft input to instrument rails

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Power Supply row

Parent board and CCAs provide separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Electronics Unit

Separate Side 1/Side 2 electronics

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44, Sensor Unit Electronics

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · data layer · ABI instrument power supply. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Approximately 170 K; GOES-R FPM 180 K

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI telescope and optical bench. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Approximately 60 K

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI beamsplitters and spectral filters. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Approximately 170 K; GOES-R FPM 180 K

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Representative / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Approximately 60 K

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI focal-plane modules. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-8 / PDF p. 36

Orthogonal mirrors steer the line of sight in separate directions

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35, Optical System and Figure 3-4

Motor-driver circuitry moves mirrors; encoder circuitry reports position

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AOptical System, printed p. 3-7 / PDF p. 35; Table 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI scan mirrors and drives. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Full-aperture blackbody reference for the infrared channels

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Infrared Channel Calibration

Diffuse white target reflects sunlight into the optical system

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Solar Calibration

Background observations support all ABI channels

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision APrinted p. 3-27 / PDF p. 55, Radiometric Calibration

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI calibration targets. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

Supply readout timing and bias; collect and format detector samples

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ASensor Unit Electronics, printed p. 3-16 / PDF p. 44

Sensor Unit Electronics digitizes focal-plane data

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AElectronics, printed p. 3-15 / PDF p. 43; analog input described on printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37

Detector array plus its readout integrated circuit

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision AFocal Plane Modules, printed p. 3-9 / PDF p. 37, second paragraph

Representative arrangement / not to scale

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI Sensor Unit Electronics. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

Assumption: Illustration geometry

A single-board computer operates the instrument

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Instrument Controller row

Telemetry and Timing card generates system clocks and handles telemetry

Civil twin: ABI · heat layer · ABI controller and data-interface cards. Civil specifications apply only to the named instrument.

• GOES-R Series Data Book, Revision ATable 3-6, printed p. 3-17 / PDF p. 45, Telemetry and Timing row