GOES-16 (GOES-EAST)

In operation as GOES-East (75.2° W) since 18 Dec 2017.
Known as GOES-R before launch. Supports short-term weather forecasts and severe storm watches and warnings, maritime forecasts, seasonal predictions, drought outlooks etc.

Launched in:	2016
Orbit height:	35786 km
Orbit type:	Geostationary
Organisation:	NOAA
Launched 19 Nov 2016. In operation as GOES-East (75.2° W) since 18 Dec 2017.

GOES-16 (GOES-EAST) websites

Information

GOES-R site
ESA eoPortal - GOES-R
NOAA Home page
NASA
GOES-R instruments
GOES-R - ABI Bands Quick Information Guides
NOAA NESDIS
NOAA - GOES
NOAA NESDIS - GOES-R/GOES-S
NOAA - GOES Image Viewer
NOAA - GOES
NOAA - GOES status
GOES-R series - Mission
NOAASIS - GOES Overview

Data ordering

RAMMB Slider - View latest imagery
NOAA CLASS
NOAA - Data Access by Satellite and Instrument
NOAA NCEI - AIRS
NOAA NCDC - GOES-16 data access

On Board Sensors

ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager)

Information

GOES-R - ABI Bands Quick Information Guides
GOES-R - ABI instrument
GOES-R instruments

Data ordering

Sensor Bands

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution (m)
Band 1 (Blue) (VIS)	0.45 to 0.49	1000
Band 2 (Red) (VIS)	0.59 to 0.69	500
Band 3 (Vegetation) (NIR)	0.846 to 0.885	1000
Band 4 (Cirrus) (SWIR)	1.371 to 1.386	2000
Band 5 (Snow) (SWIR)	1.58 to 1.64	1000
Band 6 (Cloud Part. Size) (SWIR)	2.225 to 2.275	2000
Band 7 (Shortwave IR) (MWIR)	3.8 to 4	2000
Band 8 (Upper-level troposp. WV) (TIR)	5.77 to 6.6	2000
Band 9 (Upper/Mid-level troposph. WV) (TIR)	6.75 to 7.15	2000
Band 10 (Lower/Mid-level troposph. WV) (TIR)	7.24 to 7.44	2000
Band 11 (Cloud-top phase) (TIR)	8.3 to 8.7	2000
Band 12 (Ozone) (TIR)	9.42 to 9.8	2000
Band 13 (Clean IR longwave) (TIR)	10.1 to 10.6	2000
Band 14 (IR longwave) (TIR)	10.8 to 11.6	2000
Band 15 (Dirty IR longwave) (TIR)	11.8 to 12.8	2000
Band 16 (CO2 longwave) (TIR)	13 to 13.6	2000

EXIS (Extreme Ultra Violet and X-ray Irradiance Sensor)

GLM (Geostationary Lightning Mapper)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 1 (VIS)	0.7774		8000 (14000)

MAG (Magnometer)

SEISS (Space Environmental In-Situ Suite)

SUVI (Solar Ultra Violet Imager)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 1 (Other)	0.0094
Band 2 (UV)	0.0131
Band 3 (UV)	0.0171
Band 4 (UV)	0.0195
Band 5 (UV)	0.0284
Band 6 (UV)	0.0304

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band XRS X-Ray Sensor (Other)	5E-05 to 0.0008
Band EUVS Extreme UV Sensor (UV)	0.005 to 0.127