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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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