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NOAA Satellite Captures Historic Partial Solar Eclipse

9/25/2025

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On Sept. 21, 2025, NOAA's GOES-19 satellite captured a partial solar eclipse, with the Compact Coronagraph-1 (CCOR-1) recording a natural eclipse—the first for space coronagraphs.
Image processing caused the entire solar corona to disappear in the footage, not a cosmic anomaly.
GOES-19, launched in June 2024, operates from 22,236 miles above the equator and uses the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI).

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Story summary

On Sept. 21, 2025, NOAA's GOES-19 satellite captured a partial solar eclipse, with the Compact Coronagraph-1 (CCOR-1) recording a natural eclipse—the first for space coronagraphs.
Image processing caused the entire solar corona to disappear in the footage, not a cosmic anomaly.
GOES-19, launched in June 2024, operates from 22,236 miles above the equator and uses the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI).