Goes 6 & 7's payload

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VAS (VISSR (Visible and IR Spin Scan Radiometer) Atmospheric Sounder)

Wavebands	0.55-075 µm (visible): 8 channels 3.7-7.3 µm (near IR): 2 channels 7.7-14.7 µm (mid IR): 2 channels 6.7-14.7 µm (mid IR): 2 channels
Resolution	visible: 1, 2, 4 and 8 km IR: 8-14 km
Image repeat frequency	full Earth: 30 minutes sectors: 3 minutes

Also equipped with 12 IR channels in a detector array for measurement of 3D structure of atmospheric temperature and water vapor distribution.

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SEM (Space Environment Monitor)

Measures solar particule flux: XRS (Solar X-ray Sensor); ion chamber sensitive in 2 bands; EPS (Energetic Particle Sensor); 3 detector groups for electron, proton and alpha particle flux.

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Communications instruments

WEFAX (Weather Facsimile)
DCS (Data Collection System)

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