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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NOAA’s newest weather satellite, GOES-18, is now sending back data from its new post-launch testing…
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NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Phase A Study
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On May 11, 2022, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-18 satellite.
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The Goddard Magnetometer (GMAG) instrument, launched aboard the GOES-18 satellite on March 1, 2022…
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The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-18 satellite is now…
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NOAA successfully completed a year-long, first-ever Cooperative Research and Development Agreement…
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Spring has officially sprung here in the Northern Hemisphere—while in the Southern Hemisphere,…
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On March 14, 2022, GOES-T executed its final engine burn, placing the satellite in geostationary…