List of GOES satellites

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SMS-derived GOES satellite

This is a list of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. GOES spacecraft are operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with NASA responsible for research and development, and later procurement of spacecraft.

## Contents

* 1 Imagery
* 2 Satellites
* 2.1 SMS-derived satellites
* 2.2 First generation
* 2.3 Second generation
* 2.4 Third generation
* 2.5 Fourth generation (GOES-R Series)
* 3 References

## Imagery

* Comparison of imagery
* SMS-derived (GOES-1)

* First-generation (GOES-7)

* Second-generation (GOES-8)

* Third-generation (GOES-13)

* Fourth-generation (GOES-16)

* Fourth-generation (GOES-18)

## Satellites

Designation | Launch Date/Time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch Site | Longitude | First Image | Status | Retirement | Remarks

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### SMS-derived satellites

Manufactured by Ford Aerospace

GOES-A | GOES-1 | 16 October 1975, 22:40 | Delta 2914 | CCAFS LC-17A |  | 25 October 1975 | Retired | 7 March 1985[1] |
GOES-B | GOES-2 | 15 June 1977, 10:51 | Delta 2914 | CCAFS LC-17B | 60° W |  | Retired | 1993[2] | Reactivated as comsat in 1995,[2] finally deactivated in May 2001
GOES-C | GOES-3 | 16 June 1978, 10:49 | Delta 2914 | CCAFS LC-17B |  |  | Retired | 1993[3] | Reactivated as comsat in 1995,[3] decommissioned 29 June 2016

### First generation

Built on a Hughes Space and Communications HS-371 spacecraft bus

GOES-D | GOES-4 | 9 September 1980, 22:57 | Delta 3914 | CCAFS LC-17A | 135° W |  | Retired | 22 November 1988[4] |
GOES-E | GOES-5 | 22 May 1981, 22:29 | Delta 3914 | CCAFS LC-17A | 75° W |  | Retired | 18 July 1990[5] |
GOES-F | GOES-6 | 28 April 1983, 22:26 | Delta 3914 | CCAFS LC-17A | 136° W[6] |  | Retired | 21 January 1989[6] |
GOES-G | N/A | 3 May 1986, 22:18 | Delta 3914 | CCAFS LC-17A | 135° W (planned) | N/A | Failed | +71 seconds | Launch failure[7]
GOES-H | GOES-7 | 26 February 1987, 23:05 | Delta 3914 | CCAFS LC-17A | 75° W, 98° W, 112° W, 135° W, 95° W, 175° W |  | Retired | January 1996[8] | Reactivated as comsat for Peacesat from 1999 to 2012, moved to graveyard orbit 12 April 2012.[9]

### Second generation

Built on a Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 spacecraft bus

GOES-I | GOES-8 | 13 April 1994, 06:04 | Atlas I | CCAFS LC-36B | 75° W | 9 May 1994 | Retired | 4 May 2004[10] | In graveyard orbit
GOES-J | GOES-9 | 23 May 1995, 05:52 | Atlas I | CCAFS LC-36B | 135° W, 155° E | 19 June 1995 | Retired | 14 June 2007[11] | In graveyard orbit
GOES-K | GOES-10 | 25 April 1997, 05:49 | Atlas I | CCAFS LC-36B | 135° W, 65° W | 13 May 1997 | Retired | 1 December 2009[12] | In graveyard orbit
GOES-L | GOES-11 | 3 May 2000, 07:07 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | 135° W | 17 May 2000 | Retired | 16 December 2011[13][14][15] | Retired, Drifting west
GOES-M | GOES-12 | 23 July 2001, 07:23 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | 60° W | 17 August 2001 | Retired | 16 August 2013 | Operated at GOES-South covering South America, and retained as spare, following replacement at GOES-East by GOES-13. Now in a graveyard orbit.

### Third generation

Built on a Boeing BSS-601 spacecraft bus

GOES-N | GOES-13 | 24 May 2006, 22:11 | Delta IV-M+(4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | 75° W, 61.5° E | 22 June 2006 | Inactive |  | Replaced by GOES-16 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017.[16] Operational again as EWS-G1 since 8 September 2020.
GOES-O | GOES-14 | 27 June 2009, 22:51 | Delta IV-M+(4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | 105° W | 27 July 2009 | Standby |  | On-orbit spare, was used to cover GOES-East imagery and moved into position following GOES-13 malfunction in 2012,[17] also activated to cover GOES-13 outage in mid-2013
GOES-P | GOES-15 | 4 March 2010, 23:57 | Delta IV-M+(4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | 61.7° E (Formerly 89.5° W, 135° W) | 7 April 2010 | Transferred[18] |  | Transferred to United States Space Force for coverage over Indian Ocean as EWS-G2.
GOES-Q | Template:TableTBA | Template:TableTBA |  |  |  |  | Not built | Template:TableTBA | Planned but not contracted[19]

### Fourth generation (GOES-R Series)

Built on a Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft bus

GOES-R | GOES-16 | 19 November 2016, 23:42[20] | Atlas V 541 | CCAFS SLC-41 | 105° W (Formerly 75.2° W) | 15 January 2017  | Standby |  | Former GOES-East,[16][21] replaced by GOES-19 on 7 April 2025
GOES-S | GOES-17 | 1 March 2018[22] | Atlas V 541 | CCAFS SLC-41 | 89.5° W (Formerly 104.7° W, 137.2° W) | 13 November 2018 | Standby |  | Former GOES-West, replaced by GOES-18 on 4 January 2023
GOES-T | GOES-18 | 1 March 2022 21:38[23] | Atlas V 541 | CCSFS SLC-41 | 137.2° W |  | Active |  | GOES-West
GOES-U | GOES-19 | 25 June 2024[24] | Falcon Heavy | KSC LC-39A | 75.2°W [25] | 7 April 2025 | Active |  | GOES-East

## References

1. ↑ "GOES-1". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-05-12. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes1.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "GOES-2". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes2.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "GOES-3". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes3.html.
4. ↑ "GOES-4". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes4.html.
5. ↑ "GOES-5". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes5.html.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GOES-6". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes6.html.
7. ↑ "GOES-G". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goesG.html.
8. ↑ "GOES-7". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes7.html.
9. ↑ "NOAA retires GOES-7 after 25 years as a weather and communications satellite". NOAA News. NOAA. 2012-04-12. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120412_goes7.html.
10. ↑ "GOES-8 STATUS". NASA. 2004-04-15. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesistatus.html.
11. ↑ "GOES-9 STATUS". NASA. 2007-06-14. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesjstatus.html.
12. ↑ "NOAA Deactivates GOES-10 after 12 Years of Tracking Storms". NOAA. 2009-12-02. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091202_goes.html.
13. ↑ https://www.emitters.space/Metsats.html
14. ↑ https://wx.erau.edu/faculty/mullerb/Wx365/Sat_HTML_notes.html
15. ↑ "GOES-11 Status Page". NOAA. http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=11.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Clark, Stephen (20 December 2017). "NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite declared operational". https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/20/noaas-goes-16-weather-satellite-declared-operational/.
17. ↑ Clark, Stephen (2 October 2012). "NOAA moves spare satellite in position over Atlantic". Spaceflight Now. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1210/02goes/.
18. ↑ "NOAA readies GOES-15 and GOES-14 for orbital storage". NOAA OSPO. 2020-02-19. https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/16/transition.html.
19. ↑ Dennis Chesters (28 April 2016). "GOES News". The Daily Planet. NASA NOAA GOES Project. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html.
20. ↑ "GOES-R". GOES-R Series Program Office. http://www.goes-r.gov/.
21. ↑ Hille, Karl (2017-01-23). "GOES-16 Sends First Images to Earth" (in en). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/goes-16-sends-first-images-to-earth.
22. ↑ "GOES-R Series Satellites: GOES-R (now GOES-16) and GOES-S! | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)" (in en). https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R-Series.
23. ↑ "NASA, NOAA Adjust GOES-T Launch Date". NASA. 18 November 2021. https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2021/11/18/nasa-noaa-adjust-goes-t-launch-date/.
24. ↑ Lockhart, Leejay (27 February 2024). "Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite Delayed – GOES Missions". NASA. https://blogs.nasa.gov/goes/2024/02/27/launch-of-noaa-weather-satellite-delayed/.
25. ↑ "GOES-19 Transition to Operations │ GOES-R Series". https://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitionToOperations19.html.

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