GOES-16 Operational GOES-East!

Posted by Bill Line on 12/18/2017
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As of 2100 UTC today (12/18/2017), GOES-16 is the official operational GOES-East satellite, stationed at 75.2W. Imagery no longer requires the “preliminary, non-operational data” caveat! GOES-13 (old GOES-East) will stop transmitting data between 1530-1545 UTC on Jan 3.

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Figure 1: 1730 UTC 18 December 2017 GOES-16 0.64 um full disk image. Full res

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