GOES-U GLM Lifted for Integration with Spacecraft

            The Geostationary Lightning Mapper instrument that will fly on NOAA’s GOES-U satellite is lifted up in preparation for installation onto the spacecraft.

GLM detects and maps total lightning — in-cloud, cloud- to-cloud, and cloud-to-ground — continuously over the Americas and adjacent ocean regions. GLM offers insights beyond the presence of a lightning strike, revealing the extent of lightning flashes and the distance they travel. This information helps forecast developing severe storms and a wide range of high-impact environmental phenomena, including hailstorms, microburst winds, tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, snowstorms, and fires.

GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R Series, is planned for launch in 2024. 

Photo credit: Lockheed Martin

Taken on: January 26, 2022

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