# GOES-17
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: noaa
- **actual launch**: 2018-03-01
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: Geostationary orbit, 35786 km; backup at 89.5 W per WMO
- **swath km**: 18000
- **revisit days**: 0.0035
- **tasking supported**: false
- **archive depth years**: 8
- **current geographic priority**: Americas, Pacific, and adjacent ocean regions during GOES-West service; backup after 2023 replacement
- **launch vehicle**: ula-atlas-v
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: noaa
- **attributes**: {"operator":"noaa","actual_launch":"2018-03-01","current_status":"operational","orbit_type":"Geostationary orbit, 35786 km; backup at 89.5 W per WMO","swath_km":18000,"revisit_days":0.0035,"tasking_supported":false,"archive_depth_years":8,"current_geographic_priority":"Americas, Pacific, and adjacent ocean regions during GOES-West service; backup after 2023 replacement","launch_vehicle":"ula-atlas-v"}

## Editorial
GOES-17 (originally GOES-S) is a NOAA geostationary meteorological satellite, the second of the GOES-R Series, launched on 2018-03-01.[^ncei-goes-r][^wmo-goes-17] It served as the operational GOES West satellite until it was replaced by GOES-18 on 2023-01-04 and is now held in a backup/stand-by role at 89.5 degrees West.[^ncei-goes-r][^wmo-goes-17] GOES-17 carries the same six instrument suite as the other GOES-R Series spacecraft: the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI), Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS), Space Environment In Situ Suite (SEISS), and a magnetometer (MAG).[^goes-r-instruments] During its GOES West service period, GOES-17 observed the Americas, Pacific Ocean, and adjacent ocean regions, providing atmospheric motion vectors, optical transient detection for lightning mapping, thermal anomaly detection for wildfire monitoring, and magnetometry for space-weather monitoring.[^goes-r-products][^goes-r-abi][^nesdis-glm] Note that GOES-17's ABI experienced a cooling system anomaly after launch that limited some infrared channel availability during certain periods, though the spacecraft was maintained in operational service.[^ncei-goes-r] The WMO OSCAR record status lists GOES-17 as stand-by; whether each instrument is actively collecting during the backup role is not detailed in public status pages.[^wmo-goes-17]

## Compositional position
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> abi (products)
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> glm (products)
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> suvi (products)
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> exis (products)
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> seiss (products)
- GOES-17 --[mission_payloads]--> mag (products)
- GOES-17 --[related-topic]--> weather-nowcasting (topics)
- GOES-17 --[related-topic]--> atmospheric-wind (topics)
- GOES-17 --[related-topic]--> wildfire (topics)
- GOES-17 --[related-topic]--> sea-surface-temperature (topics)
- GOES-17 --[related]--> noaa (companies)
- GOES-17 --[related]--> nasa (companies)

## Sources
- [wmo-goes-17] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: GOES-17 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/goes_17 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [ncei-goes-r] | NCEI GOES-R Series overview and operational history | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/satellite/goes-r | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [goes-r-products] | GOES-R Series data products overview | https://www.goes-r.gov/products/overview.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [goes-r-instruments] | GOES-R Series instruments overview | https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/instruments.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [goes-r-abi] | GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager | https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/abi.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [nesdis-glm] | NOAA NESDIS Geostationary Lightning Mapper | https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/currently-flying/goes-east-west/geostationary-lightning-mapper-glm | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14

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