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SeaWiFS Receiving Station Assembly and Installation

View images of the SeaWiFS receiving station as the engineering teams assembled and installed it at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Aug. 26, 1997
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On Aug. 26, 1997, teams at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, worked to assemble and install the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) receiving station. The images below were captured by SeaWiFS team members.

SeaWiFS Receiving Station Assembly

The antenna and radome are uncrated

The antenna and radome are uncrated. Credit: OB.DAAC

Placing the antenna on the mounting plate

Placing the antenna on the mounting plate. Credit: OB.DAAC

Burt and Gene haul the radome into position

Burt and Gene haul the radome into position. Credit: OB.DAAC
 

Burt and the completed antenna

Burt and the completed antenna. Credit: OB.DAAC

SeaWiFS Receiving Station Installation

assembling the antenna

Six feet to go. Credit: OB.DAAC

assembling the antenna

Removing the lift straps. Credit: OB.DAAC

Burt watching the first data acquisition

Burt watching the first data acquisition. Credit: OB.DAAC

The first AVHRR overpass acquired at 18:24 GMT

The first AVHRR overpass acquired at 18:24 GMT. Credit: OB.DAAC

Bird's Eye View

SeaWiFS image of the eastern United States on April 12, 1998

SeaWiFS image of the eastern United States on April 12, 1998. Credit: OB.DAAC

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Last Updated

Dec. 9, 2025

Published

Aug. 26, 1997

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Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC)