NOAA’s latest generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R Series, is the nation’s most advanced fleet of geostationary weather satellites.
Find out more about these satellites as well as the latest news below.
Introducing the GOES Satellites
An introduction to NOAA's GOES-R Series Satellites - including GOES-R GOES-16 GOES East and GOES-S GOES-17 GOES West.
Introducing the GOES Series GOES 101
Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and bursts of energy from the sun, the GOES-R satellite will see it all from 22,000 miles above our planet!
Watch GOES-R Meet GOES-R
GOES News
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The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite are giving the National…
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The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16…
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The new Space Environment In‐Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 is working and…
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The GOES-16 EXIS will provide forecasters at the NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center with early…
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GOES-S, the next spacecraft in the GOES-R satellite series, is undergoing environmental testing.
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Spacecraft separation has been confirmed and GOES-R is flying free in space for the first time.…
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Highlights leading up to and during the GOES-R launch, the GOES-R, GOES-S, and GOES-T launch…
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The GOES-R series satellites will provide continuous weather monitoring. The new generation GOES-R…