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
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!
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GOES News
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GOES-R will be a game changer for forecasting across the U.S., but did you know Earth’s weather is…
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Where there's lightning, there's a strong chance of severe weather. The revolutionary…
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Weather generally blows in from over the horizon, and the GOES-R satellite will keep an eye on what…
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2,300 miles is a long way, but locked in orbit above the equator, it's home sweet home for a…
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How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for…
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How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for…
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Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and…
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Five days before Sandy made landfall along the New Jersey coastline, NOAA's National Hurricane…
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As the NOAA GOES-13 satellite provides on-going operational coverage of Hurricane Sandy, a special…
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Hurricane Sandy October 2012 follows up the US east coast and devastates New York and New Jersey.
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Four days before Hurricane Irene struck eastern North Carolina and tracked northward, NOAA's…
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Hurricane Katrina imagery from GOES East including rapid scan data from August 22 through September…
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Hypoxic zones are areas in the ocean of such low oxygen concentration that animal life suffocates…
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An infamous storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina carved a path of destruction from Miami to New…
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2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season movie, June 1 through November 30, 2005