NOAA's GOES-16 ready to improve forecasts even more

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NOAA's GOES-16 ready to improve forecasts even more
December 19, 2017 by John Leslie, NOAA Headquarters
 

Now in its new GOES-East position, the advanced GOES-16 satellite has officially joined NOAA's operational observation network, providing forecasters with sharper, more defined images of severe storms, hurricanes, wildfires and other weather hazards in near real-time 24/7.

"The GOES-16 satellite provided invaluable data on deadly hurricanes long before they touched the shore this season," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. "As it becomes fully operational, GOES-16 will continue to monitor extreme weather events, safeguarding American lives and property from its perch thousands of miles above the Earth."


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-noaa-goes-ready.html#jCp

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GOES 16...amazing.

I watched the launch of GOES 3 in a viewing room with a bunch of VIPs at Goddard Space Flight Center.  That was 1978, and GOES 3 operated until 2016.  I'm glad the coverage is continuing to build.