Table 1 Summary of typical solar imagers

From: Solar X-ray and EUV imager on board the FY-3E satellite

Imager/Year

Wavelength (nm)

Angular resolution (“)

Time resolution (s)

Spacecraft altitude (km)

Reference

Yohkoh /SXT, 1991

0.3–6.0

2.5

0.5

500

7,8,9

SOHO/EIT, 1995

17.1, 19.5, 28.4, 30.4

2.6

90

1.5 × 106

13,14,15

TRACE, 1998

17–29 (3 channels)

0.5

30

627

16,17

Hinode/XRT, 2006

0.2–20 (9 channels)

1.0

10

650

10,11

GOESa/SXI

0.6–6.0

5.0

60

35,786

12

GOESb/SUVI

9.4–30.4 (6 channels)

2.5

0.4

35,756

31,32

SDO/AIA, 2010

9–34 (7 channels), UV, Vis

0.6

10

35,756

18,19

Solar Obiter/EUI,2021

17.4, 30.4, 121.6

4.5 (FSI), 0.5 (HRI)

10–600

0.3 AU

20,21

PROBA2/SWAP,2009

17.4

3.17

60

720

33

X-EUVI/FY-3E, 2021

0.6–8.0 (6 channels), 19.5

4.1 (X-ray), 2.5 (EUV)

7–20

836

This paper

  1. aGOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15 satellites
  2. bGOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites