The first next generation US Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) was recently launched by the US National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) on November 19th of 2016, designated as GOES-R. This new series of satellites will provide 34 meteorological, solar and space weather products. They orbit above a fixed point at the earth’s equator at a distance of about 22,300 miles out in space. As with all US meteorological satellites, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has taken over operation of the satellite and designated it GOES-16. Below is a link to a visible composite color high resolution full-disk test image from midday January 15th of 2017 provided by NOAA. To see the image in full resolution, click on the reduced image below which will take you to NOAA’s web site to view the full resolution image (use scroll bars or browser magnification tool to navigate)…
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