GOES-16 | CosmoVerse

Satellite Overview

A geostationary weather satellite providing rapid imagery and environmental monitoring for the Western Hemisphere.

Provides full-disk and rapid-scan Earth imagery

Tracks storms, lightning, and space weather

Part of the GOES-R Series

Supports forecasting across the Americas and Atlantic

Orbital & System Specs

NOAA / NASA

Operator

Geostationary Weather Observation

Mission Type

Geostationary Orbit

Orbit Type

35,786 km

Altitude

3.07 km/s

Velocity

24 hours

Orbital Period

Near-equatorial geostationary

Inclination

About 6.1 m by 2.5 m by 3.9 m stowed

Dimensions

About 5,192 kg

Mass

About 4,900 W

Power

November 19, 2016

Launch Date

Active

Status

Onboard Systems

ABI

Advanced Baseline Imager for high-frequency weather imagery.

GLM

Geostationary Lightning Mapper detects total lightning.

SUVI

Solar ultraviolet imaging for space weather monitoring.

EXIS

Measures solar X-ray and extreme ultraviolet output.

Mission History

No recorded missions in the database for this object.

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