EXCLUSIVE look inside Lockheed Martin's new satellite torture-testing facility

When it launches in 2022, the GOES-T satellite will keep a 24-hour watch on our planet's weather, helping us track natural disasters in real time. But before it can blast off into orbit, Lockheed Martin needs to torture-test it for space.

00:00 Introduction

01:12 On campus

01:24 What are GOES satellites?

02:34 Building satellites

03:47 Torture-testing satellite components

04:01 Inside TVAC testing area

04:40 Inside the clean room with GOES-T

06:00 How GOES-T works

07:20 How GOES-T tracks weather

09:24 Torture-testing satellites

10:16 Inside Lockheed's new Gateway Center

11:37 Inside massive thermal vacuum chamber

12:13 Inside anechoic chamber

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