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This is an introduction to NOAA's GOES-R Series Satellites - including GOES-R GOES-16 GOES East and GOES-S GOES-17 GOES West. The GOES-R Series, NOAA…

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana in the evening of August 28, 2012.

NOAA GOESEast satellite imagery of Alberto also captured the lightning during landfall within the storm - this data helps give forecasters an…

NOAA GOES-17 satellite has transmitted its first Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) data.

Although GOES-17 has already traveled far, its journey to become a vital component of U.S. weather forecasting operations is only just beginning.

In 2018, NOAA launches the GOES-S satellite, which takes its place in orbit as GOES-17. Working together with GOES-16, the two new geostationary weather satellites will provide constant watch over the United States and the Western Hemisphere from…

GOES-S launched into space at 5:02 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center on March 1, 2018.

NOAA GOES-S will travel to space aboard a ULA Atlas V 541 expendable launch vehicle, or rocket.