has officially taken the place of its predecessor GOES-16 to watch over the Western Hemisphere from its perch 22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above us. To mark the milestone, the satellite has ...

Though the satellite follows GOES-16, GOES-17, and GOES-18, it replaces GOES-16 (formerly GOES-R), which the NOAA launched in 2016. The agency will now maintain GOES-16 as a backup satellite for ...

The GOES-19 weather satellite, which launched into orbit in June 2024, has officially taken the place of its predecessor GOES-16 to watch over the Western Hemisphere from its perch 22,236 miles ...