Decoration, first SXI image

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First SXI image, Sept 7, 2001

First released image from the GOES-12 SXI on Sept 7, 2001 (unprocessed, false color).
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NOAA's Space Environment Center (SEC) is pleased to announce that the GOES-12 Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) took its first official image on September 7th, 2001. This SXI is a culmination of more than twenty years of effort. NOAA wishes to acknowledge and thank the USAF for funding the SXI and NASA Marshall for building this fine instrument as well as its in-kind support.
 
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