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Images: Compact Coronagraph (CCOR)

The Compact Coronagraph (CCOR) is a space weather instrument that images the solar corona (the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere) and helps detect and characterize coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The first CCOR instrument, CCOR-1, will fly on the GOES-U satellite. CCOR-1 was optimized for geostationary orbit and for GOES-U interfaces. The addition of CCOR to GOES-U will enhance NOAA’s space weather observational capabilities and improve forecasts. Subsequent CCOR instruments will fly on other NOAA Space Weather Missions.

Images: GOES-U development

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This section mirrors the Flickr gallery above but contains links to only HIGH RESOLUTION LOCAL (to our server as opposed to Flickr) images. It functions as a 'one click' quick access to the highest resolution version of each image as well as back up in the event Flickr is down.