GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) and Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images (above) showed the southward propagation of an undular bore across Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas on 10 July 2019. This feature appeared to play a role in convective initiation over the Texas Panhandle —... Read More

Approximately once every 239 days, a HBT (Hydrazine Bipropellant Thruster) Flush is performed on GOES-R series satellites — this flushing burn limits the build-up of ferric nitrate in the HBT valves. Following a GOES-17 (GOES-West) HBT Flush that was conducted on 10 July 2019, a navigation offset of about 145... Read More