Solar Ultraviolet Imager Image Gallery

The GOES-R Series Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument monitors the sun in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range. By observing the sun, SUVI compiles full disk solar images around the clock. SUVI observes and characterizes complex active regions of the sun, solar flares, and the eruptions of solar filaments which may give rise to coronal mass ejections. SUVI observations of solar flares and solar eruptions provide an early warning of possible impacts to Earth’s space environment and enable better forecasting of potentially disruptive events on the ground.

GOES-S Development Images

SUVI sits on a perforated metal table
The GOES-S Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument is shown at Lockheed Martin Advanced…
SUVI is covered in silver covering as it sits on a perforated table
The GOES-S Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument is shown at Lockheed Martin Advanced…
SUVI is wrapped in silver protective material while a technician works in the background
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will fly on the GOES-S satellite. Caption:…

GOES-R Development Images

Three engineers in protective gear working over a metal device
Lockheed Martin engineers in Littleton, Colorado install the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on the…
Five technicians in protective gear unpack SUVI from a crate.
Lockheed Martin team hard at work in Littleton, Colorado, unpacking the Solar Ultraviolet Imager …
SUVI sits in a large metal cylinder
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument is shown inside the rocket chamber during…
SUVI sits just outside a large metal cylinder
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument is shown inside the rocket chamber during…
SUVI sits on a table with several cables running through it and a large red faceplate and silver lining on the sides.
The completed Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) Flight Model 1 that will fly on the GOES-R satellite…
A technician stands behind the completed SUVI instrument.
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) Flight Model 1 that will fly on the GOES-R satellite is…
Two technicians in protective gear work on the SUVI instrument
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) structural assembly is shown at Lockheed Martin Advanced…
SUVI is bagged, sitting on a large machine platform.
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument undergoes vibration testing at Lockheed…
A technician in protective gear sits at a desk
A Limited Performance Test is conducted on the GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) as it…
A long cylindrical device sits on a black surface.
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument guide telescope is shown at Lockheed Martin…
SUVI is placed on a table by yellow straps from above with several technicians in white protective gear standing nearby.
Engineers at Lockheed Martin in Litttleton, Colorado carefully hoist the GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet…
SUVI is wrapped and sat on a table in a room with walls covered in gray cones.
The GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) Telescope Subsystem Unit and Electronics Box undergo…
SUVI sits on GOES-R's sun-pointing platform.
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) is shown installed on the GOES-R spacecraft sun-pointing…