NOAA: America's Next-gen Weather Satellite Suffers 'Serious' Malfunction Less Than 3 Months After Launch

NOAA: America's Next-gen Weather Satellite Suffers 'Serious' Malfunction Less Than 3 Months After Launch

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http://www.newsweek.com/noaa-americas-next-gen-weather-satellite-suffers-serious-malfunction-less-3-943344

In March, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched an advanced new weather satellite known as GOES-17. But before its official operations have even begun, the spacecraft has already suffered a serious malfunction.

According to the NOAA, a problem occurred with the satellite’s most important instrument—the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)—which is designed to collect data on Earth’s weather, climate and environment by taking images at different wavelengths (including the visible spectrum).