Summary

Description	BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: Okay. Well, thank you. Space enthusiasts around the world, as you know, have submitted a number of questions for the GOES-N to our Direct Question Board and folks are really interested in this mission. So, are you ready to take some of their questions? ANDRE' DRESS: Sure. BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: Great, thank you. Our first question is from Jeff, nearby here at Merritt Island. His question is: 'What will be some of the new advantages provided by the GOES-N?' ANDRE' DRESS: Well, Jeff, the GOES satellite actually does employ some instruments that were all present on the previous mission. Those are the imager and sounder. Those instruments are built by ITT and they pretty much have the same heritage, some improvements. We're also flying an SXI, which is a solar X-ray imager, which we also did fly on the GOES-12 spacecraft. But this one is built by Lockheed Martin. It's much improved and we're looking forward to using that instrument in orbit. But the real performance benef
Date	2005-08-24
Source	images.nasa.gov

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