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)

## 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A |  | 25 October 1975 | Retired | 7 March 1985[1] |
GOES-B | GOES-2 | 15 June 1977, 10:51 | Delta 2914 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A | 135° W |  | Retired | 22 November 1988[4] |
GOES-E | GOES-5 | 22 May 1981, 22:29 | Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A | 75° W |  | Retired | 18 July 1990[5] |
GOES-F | GOES-6 | 28 April 1983, 22:26 | Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A | 136° W[6] |  | Retired | 21 January 1989[6] |
GOES-G | N/A | 3 May 1986, 22:18 | Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A | 135° W (planned) | N/A | Failed | +71 seconds | Launch failure[7]
GOES-H | GOES-7 | 26 February 1987, 23:05 | Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A | 75° W, 98° W, 112° W, 135° W, 95° W, 175° W |  | Retired | January 1996[8] | Reactivated as comsat for Peacesat from 1999-2012, 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-36A | 135° W | 17 May 2000 | Retired | 16 December 2011[13] | Retired, Drifting west
GOES-M | GOES-12 | 23 July 2001, 07:23 | Atlas IIA | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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) | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-37B | 75° W, 61.5° E | 22 June 2006 | Inactive |  | Replaced by GOES-16 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017.[14] Operational again as EWS-G1 since 8 September 2020.
GOES-O | GOES-14 | 27 June 2009, 22:51 | Delta IV-M+(4,2) | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 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,[15] also activated to cover GOES-13 outage in mid-2013
GOES-P | GOES-15 | 4 March 2010, 23:57 | Delta IV-M+(4,2) | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-37B | 89.5° W, 135° W | 7 April 2010 | Standby[16] |  | On-orbit spare for GOES-West
GOES-Q | Template:TableTBA | Template:TableTBA |  |  |  |  | Not built | Template:TableTBA | Planned but not contracted[17]

### Fourth generation (GOES-R Series)

Built on a Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft bus

GOES-R | GOES-16 | 19 November 2016, 23:42[18] | Atlas V 541 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 | 75.2° W | 15 January 2017  | Active |  | Replaced GOES-13 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017.[14][19]
GOES-S | GOES-17 | 1 March 2018[20] | Atlas V 541 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 | 137.2° W | 13 November 2018 | Standby |  | GOES-West (2018–2023)
GOES-T | GOES-18 | 1 March 2022 21:38[21] | Atlas V 541 | CCSFS SLC-41 | 137.2° W |  | Active |  | GOES-West (2023–present)
Scheduled launches
GOES-U |  | 30 April 2024[22] | Falcon Heavy | KSC LC-39A |  |  |  |  | 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. ↑ "GOES-11 Status Page". NOAA. http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=11.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 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/.
15. ↑ Clark, Stephen (2 October 2012). "NOAA moves spare satellite in position over Atlantic". Spaceflight Now. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1210/02goes/.
16. ↑ "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.
17. ↑ Dennis Chesters (28 April 2016). "GOES News". The Daily Planet. NASA NOAA GOES Project. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html.
18. ↑ "GOES-R". GOES-R Series Program Office. http://www.goes-r.gov/.
19. ↑ 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.
20. ↑ "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.
21. ↑ "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/.
22. ↑ "NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission". NASA (Press release). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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