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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Announcement
NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Phase A Study -
Earth from Orbit
On May 11, 2022, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-18 satellite. -
Feature Story
The Goddard Magnetometer (GMAG) instrument, launched aboard the GOES-18 satellite on March 1, 2022… -
Feature Story
The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-18 satellite is now… -
Announcement
NOAA successfully completed a year-long, first-ever Cooperative Research and Development Agreement… -
Earth from Orbit
Spring has officially sprung here in the Northern Hemisphere—while in the Southern Hemisphere,… -
Earth from Orbit
On March 14, 2022, GOES-T executed its final engine burn, placing the satellite in geostationary… -
Feature Story
NOAA’s GOES-T, the third in a series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites, blasted…