GOES SPACECRAFT
Interact with the GOES Spacecraft 3d model below as well as find images identifying the key GOES Spacecraft instruments and a section of usage/help instructions.
Usage Instructions/Notes
NOTE: the NASA CMS currently uses google’s “model-viewer” tag to present/play 3d AR models.
FULL SCREEN: Use the double arrow icon (upper right) to toggle full screen.
MOUSE CONTROL: Click and drag to rotate in all 3 axes, shift drag to reposition the spacecraft relative to the center of rotation and the window, mouse wheel to zoom. Note it’s often useful to use a combination of the mouse to adjust the initial view of the model and then use the keyboard arrow keys to isolate rotation to ONLY the x or y axis.
KEYBOARD CONTROL: Use the arrow keys to rotate the model in the X and Y axes (there is no model-viewer keyboard control for Z axis). Us the Shift arrow keys to reposition the spacecraft relative to the center of rotation and the window. There is no keyboard equivalent to zoom ( there maybe an exception for you specific platform see below).
LIMITED Y-AXIS ROTATION: the web browser’s model-viewer limits Y axis rotation to 180 degrees to prevent users from “getting lost” as the model turns upside down.
MORE CONTROLS: Some platforms and browsers allow for more variations of keyboard control that are specific to your particular system. Try searching on your specific platform/browser and ” 3d AR keyboard control for model-viewer on (insert your machine and browser) “.
Labeled Spacecraft Images
GOES-R,S,T Spacecraft (does not contain CCOR)
GOES-U Spacecraft (contains CCOR)
Instruments Listing
- EARTH/NADIR POINTING:
- SOLAR POINTING:
- Mounted on a Sun Pointing Platform (SPP) housed on the solar array yoke
- The SPP provides a stable platform that tracks the seasonal and daily movement of the sun relative to the spacecraft
- EXIS: Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (new tab)
- SUVI: Solar Ultraviolet Imager ( new tab)
- CCOR (GOES-U only ) : Compact Coronograph (new tab)
- IN-SITU:
