GOES-16, formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit, is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites operated by NASA and the National Oceanic
Artist's impression of GOES-16 in orbit around Earth with major instruments labeled
GLM – GLM data superimposed on ABI band 2 data on 14 February 2017
MAG – plot of MAG data on 22 December 2016
The launch of GOES-R aboard an Atlas V rocket on 19 November 2016
GOES-18 is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The current and next satellites of the Series
GOES-T in the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida in January 2022