EO·Atlas
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]
Supply chain position
- [1]GOES instrument and subsystem performance statusagency doc2026-06-14
- [2]GOES-R Series operations overviewagency doc2026-06-14
- [3]GOES-R Series instruments overviewagency doc2026-06-14
- [4]GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imageragency doc2026-06-14
- [5]GOES-R Series data products overviewagency doc2026-06-14
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GOES-16. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/goes-16 (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:missions:goes-16,
title = {GOES-16},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/goes-16}
}