The GOES-R spacecraft bus is three-axis stabilized and designed for 10 years of on-orbit operation preceded by up to five years of on-orbit storage. The spacecraft bus provided the mechanical support and alignment of the various instrument payloads and communications systems. GOES-R launched aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket on November 19, 2016. All images in this album are public domain. See the full album here.
The GOES-R satellite completed acoustics testing at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado…
In June 2016, the GOES-R satellite completed testing to confirm the electromagnetic signals…
The GOES-R weather satellite is shown on a shaker table before vibration testing at Lockheed Martin…
The fully assembled GOES-R satellite with its solar array stowed, in a clean room at Lockheed…
Thermal vacuum testing of the GOES-R satellite concluded on August 24, 2015. During thermal vacuum…
The fully-integrated GOES-R satellite is shown in a clean room at a Lockheed Martin facility in…
The integrated GOES-R satellite is show on the rotation fixture in a Lockheed Martin clean room in…
Lockheed Martin engineers in Littleton, Colorado install the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on the…
Technicians at Lockheed Martin examine the GOES-R spacecraft propulsion module in the cleanroom…
GOES-R spacecraft propellant fuel tank installation at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.