Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The launch of NOAA’s GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites, in 2016 and 2018, forever changed the world of environmental monitoring and hazard detection in the Western Hemisphere.
As the first two of the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary satellites, they have already begun providing an unprecedented leap forward in US weather observations. Their advanced instruments are streaming back more detailed views of weather events, faster than ever before.
Now, that legacy is set to continue with the upcoming launch of GOES-T, which will become GOES-18 once in orbit.
Learn more: nesdis.noaa.gov/goes-t-launch
The launch of NOAA’s GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites, in 2016 and 2018, forever changed the world of environmental monitoring and hazard detection in the Western Hemisphere.
As the first two of the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary satellites, they have already begun providing an unprecedented leap forward in US weather observations. Their advanced instruments are streaming back more detailed views of weather events, faster than ever before.
Now, that legacy is set to continue with the upcoming launch of GOES-T, which will become GOES-18 once in orbit.
Learn more: nesdis.noaa.gov/goes-t-launch
