![NOAA’s GOES-T, a geostationary weather satellite, must go through rigorous testing before launch. Here, it is lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber in August 2020 at a Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado. This test simulates the extreme temperatures of launch and the space environment. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) NOAA’s GOES-T, a geostationary weather satellite, must go through rigorous testing before launch. Here, it is lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber in August 2020 at a Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado. This test simulates the extreme temperatures of launch and the space environment.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2021/Mar/PHOTO-GOES-T%20is%20lowered%20into%20a%20thermal%20vacuum%20chamber%20for%20testing-Undated%20photo-Courtesy%20of%20Lockheed%20Martin-3000x2000.jpg?itok=PVIs5yTr)
NOAA’s GOES-T, a geostationary weather satellite, must go through rigorous testing before launch. Here, it is lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber in August 2020 at a Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado. This test simulates the extreme temperatures of launch and the space environment. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin)