(The Experimental GOES-17 Data Fusion link is here).GOES-17 is now operational as GOES-West at 137.2º W Longitude, as noted here and elsewhere. However, Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) problems persist (as noted here and here and here), with the effect varying seasonally. Because of the Loop Heat Pipe malfunction, the Advanced... Read More

GOES-S (named GOES-17 once it reached geostationary orbit) was launched on 01 March 2018. Beginning at 1800 UTC on 12 February 2019, it became the operational GOES-West satellite (replacing GOES-15, which was launched in March 2010). The period of transition to operational status is shown on Full Disk images of “Red”... Read More

GOES-17 Data shown in this post are preliminary and non-operational.Continuous Full Disk (Mode 4) Testing is occurring on October 1 2018.   Mode 4 is the highest data flow rate for the ABI and results in a Full Disk image every 5 minutes.  No mesoscale sectors are produced during Mode 4... Read More

This blog post contains information on GOES-17 and its transition to the operational GOES-West satellite at 137º W Longitude (a link is here). Much as the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) imagery from GOES-17 is preliminary and non-operational, the information in this blog post is also preliminary, and it will be... Read More