GOES-T now GOES-18
On March 14, 2022 NOAA‘s GOES-T becoming GOES-18 (once the satellite obtained the geostationary orbit). Let’s celebrate both pi day and GOES-18 with a look back at the launch.
GOES-17 ABI
GOES-17 ABI provided 30-sec imagery, as shown in these blog posts by Scott Bachmeier and Bill Line. Of course GOES-17 ABI was continuing to provide Contiguous US and Full Disk scans.
The above image is *highly* sub-sampled, roam around this full resolution (very large) GOES-17 full disk image. In this full resolution image, can you zoom and roam to see the GOES-T rocket plume?
The above loop, as mp4 and animated gif.
GOES-16 ABI
A few animations from 30-sec GOES-16 ABI, including ABI band 2, CIMSS true color, true color and the day-time ‘rocket plume’ RGB.
The mp4 is also posted (and animated gif). These loops were made with the UW-SSEC geo2grid software.
Figure from the GOES-R series Data Book on the concept of obtaining the geostationary orbit.