GOES-16 – Spaceflight Now

NOAA’s GOES-16 weather satellite declared operational

December 20, 2017 Stephen Clark

An upgraded NOAA weather satellite has entered service after a year of checkouts to provide critical, rapidly-refreshed imagery to forecasters in time for next year’s severe storm and hurricane seasons in the United States and the Atlantic Ocean.

Orbital imagery shows Harvey’s path toward Texas

August 27, 2017 Stephen Clark

Videos and photos from satellites and the crew aboard the International Space Station showed Hurricane Harvey bearing down on the Texas coast this weekend.

Lightning mapper beams back first views from space

March 7, 2017 Stephen Clark

A sensitive infrared camera mounted on NOAA’s new GOES-16 weather satellite has captured its first astounding images of lightning flashes from a perch more than 22,000 miles out in space.

New U.S. weather satellite with improved camera sends back first images

January 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

A new-generation weather satellite launched in November promising to deliver better images of hurricanes, storms and clouds than any mission before has returned its first tantalizing pictures from geostationary orbit.