The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is a Wolter Type I grazing incidence
X-ray telescope to be deployed on the GOES-M spacecraft. The
SXI instrument (103 kb GIF image) is
designed to obtain a continuous sequence of coronal x-ray images at a
1-minute cadence with a 512X512 intensified CCD. Broadband filters
will be employed to obtain images at several wavelength bands
between about 6 and 60 Å. These images will be used by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Space Environment Laboratory
(NOAA/SEL)
and the broader community to monitor solar activity for its
effects on the Earth's upper atmosphere and near space environment.
Dr. John Davis of the MSFC Solar Physics Branch is Project Scientist
for SXI.
Return to MSFC Solar Physics Branch homepage.
Author: David H. Hathaway,
david.hathaway@msfc.nasa.gov,
(205) 544-7610
Mail Code ES82, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812
Responsible Official: John M. Davis, davis@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov,
(205) 544-7600
Mail Code ES82, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812
