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GOES Satellites:

Main Page

Status
Special GOES Bulletins
General Satellite Messages
Routine Eclipse Schedules
Wallops, VA Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) facility
GOES Satellite Image Server
Additional Satellite Imagery
NESDIS Fly Out Charts for GOES 13-15, R-U Series
(Valid June, 2016)

GOES East Transition from GOES-12 to GOES-13 Presentation

GOES-EAST (GOES-13):

Routine Dissemination Schedule

Comparison of GOES-East and GOES-East Optimized Schedules

GOES-14

GOES-14 is in storage mode but remains Earth pointing for operation of the XRS. The NOAA post launch science test took place from November 30, 2009 to January 4, 2010.

GOES-14 Post Launch Test Information

GOES-WEST (GOES-15):

Routine Dissemination Schedule

GOES-P was launched on March 4, 2010 and has reached geostationary orbit and was renamed GOES-15. The first visible image from GOES-15 arrived on April 6, 2010 and the first Infrared arrived on April 26, 2010. Check out the first images using the links below: