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 GOES 101
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!
Watch GOES-R Meet GOES-R
GOES News
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Feature Story
How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for… -
Satellite Snapshots
Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and… -
Feature Story
The GOES-R satellite System Module and Core Module subassemblies were successfully mated and now… -
Feature Story
Four of the six instruments that will fly on the GOES-R satellite ere delivered to Lockheed Martin… -
Satellite Snapshots
Five days before Sandy made landfall along the New Jersey coastline, NOAA's National Hurricane… -
Satellite Snapshots
As the NOAA GOES-13 satellite provides on-going operational coverage of Hurricane Sandy, a special… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Sandy October 2012 follows up the US east coast and devastates New York and New Jersey. -
Satellite Snapshots
Four days before Hurricane Irene struck eastern North Carolina and tracked northward, NOAA's…