Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, the latest and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, officially began operations as GOES East today. This milestone comes after its June 25, 2024, launch and subsequent post-launch testing of its instruments, systems and data.
GOES-19 replaces GOES-16 as GOES East, positioned 22,236 miles above the equator at 75.2 degrees west longitude. GOES-16 will now become a backup for NOAA’s operational geostationary constellation, maintaining its operational readiness for future use, if needed.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaas-goes-19-now-operational-goes-east-providing-critical-new-data-forecasters
Video credits:
NOAA, NASA, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).
Music:
“A View From Above” by Jonathan Slott [ASCAP], John Hunter Jr. [ASCAP], and Brian Flores [ASCAP]; SEE; Universal Production Music
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, the latest and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, officially began operations as GOES East today. This milestone comes after its June 25, 2024, launch and subsequent post-launch testing of its instruments, systems and data.
GOES-19 replaces GOES-16 as GOES East, positioned 22,236 miles above the equator at 75.2 degrees west longitude. GOES-16 will now become a backup for NOAA’s operational geostationary constellation, maintaining its operational readiness for future use, if needed.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaas-goes-19-now-operational-goes-east-providing-critical-new-data-forecasters
Video credits:
NOAA, NASA, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).
Music:
“A View From Above” by Jonathan Slott [ASCAP], John Hunter Jr. [ASCAP], and Brian Flores [ASCAP]; SEE; Universal Production Music
