GOES-16

Overview

The first of NOAA's advanced GOES-R geostationary weather satellites, imaging the Western Hemisphere every few minutes for forecasting and storm tracking.

Knowledge connections

• OrbitGeostationary Orbit (GEO)
• Operated byNOAA
• Launched byAtlas V
• Launched fromCape Canaveral Space Force Station

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NOAA Solar CalculatorNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

  Public-domain solar-position geometry: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, declination, and the equation of time.

  Public domain (US Government work).