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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Earth from Orbit
Severe thunderstorms struck Texas. The storms formed along a dry line—a boundary between moist and… -
Feature Story
Engineers completed a successful test deployment of the GOES-T satellite's solar array as part… -
Satellite Snapshots
GOES East viewed von Kármán clouds flowing around Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. -
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites often see patterns of clouds called gravity waves, which appear as ripples. -
Feature Story
NOAA’s GOES-T satellite recently completed rigorous testing to ensure it can withstand the harsh… -
Earth from Orbit
Satellite imagery shows a late-season snowstorm that dropped record-breaking amounts of snowfall in… -
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites monitored numerous fires over the Southern Plains, the majority of which were… -
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites monitored lake-effect clouds flowing over Lake Superior. Learn more about this…