GOES-16

GOES-16 (originally GOES-R) is a NOAA geostationary meteorological satellite, the first of the GOES-R Series, launched on 2016-11-19 into geostationary orbit.^[1][2] It served as the operational GOES East satellite from 2017-12-18 until 2025-04-07, when GOES-19 replaced it; GOES-16 is now held in on-orbit storage at 104.7 degrees West as a backup asset.^[1][2] The spacecraft carries six instruments: the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), a 16-channel visible and infrared imager for Earth surface and cloud observations over the Western Hemisphere; the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), detecting lightning transients across the Americas; and solar and space-weather instruments including the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI), the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS), the Space Environment In Situ Suite (SEISS), and a magnetometer (MAG).^[3][4] GOES-R Series data products include atmospheric motion vectors, sea surface temperature, fire detection, and mesoscale storm tracking, derived primarily from ABI and GLM.^[5]