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Recent Outages/Anomalies:

Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-16 - SUVI 132.8, SUVI 171.1, SUVI 195.1, SUVI 284.3, SUVI 303.8, SUVI 93.9 products delivered to GRB, PDA - Issued: September 13, 2024 1613Z
Product Anomaly/Outage (Correction): GOES-18 - ABI L1b All Bands products delivered to PDA - Issued: September 12, 2024 2022Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-18 - ABI L1b All Bands products delivered to PDA -Issued: September 12, 2024 2020Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-18 - Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud Particle Size, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Phase, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature products delivered to PDA -Issued: September 11, 2024 1947Z
Product Anomaly/Outage Update #3: Final Update GOES-16 and GOES-18 - All Products products delivered to PDA- Issued: September 09, 2024 2016Z

GOES Performance Status

Welcome to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) spacecraft status page. This site provides up to date status information on each spacecraft and its various subsystems.

Below are the color designations for each satellite status:

Meaning
Operational
Operational with Limitation
Operational with Degradation
Non-Operational
Functional (Off)
Status
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
Blue
Spacecraft Operational Status Status
GOES 14 On-Orbit Storage BLUE
GOES 16 Operational East GREEN
GOES 17 On-Orbit Storage BLUE
GOES 18 Operational West GREEN

GOES-East

GOES 16 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   R Operational Date:   12/18/2017
Launch Date:   11/19/2016  
Spacecraft Location:  75.2 West Operational Status:  Operation East
Notes:  GOES-16 became GOES-East at 1730z on December 18, 2017.

Payload Instruments Status:


Instrument Description Status
ABI Advanced Baseline Imager GREEN
SEISS Space Environment In-Situ Suite GREEN
SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager GREEN
EXIS Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors GREEN
MAG Magnetometer YELLOW
GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper GREEN

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
C & DH Command & Data Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance, Navigation and Control GREEN
EPS Electrical Power Subsystem GREEN
Propulsion Propulsion GREEN
Mechanisms Mechanisms GREEN
Electrical Power Electrical Power GREEN
Thermal Control Thermal Control GREEN
Communications Payloads Communications Payloads GREEN

GOES-West

GOES-18 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   T Operational Date:   1/4/2023
Launch Date:   3/1/2022  
Spacecraft Location:  137.0 West Operational Status:  GOES-West
Notes: GOES-18 became GOES-WEST at 1800Z on January 4, 2023, replacing GOES-17.

Payload Instruments Status:


Instrument Description Status
ABI Advanced Baseline Imager GREEN
SEISS Space Environment In-Situ Suite GREEN
SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager GREEN
EXIS Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors GREEN
GMAG Magnetometer GREEN
GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper GREEN

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
C & DH Command & Data Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance, Navigation and Control GREEN
EPS Electrical Power Subsystem GREEN
Propulsion Propulsion GREEN
Mechanisms Mechanisms GREEN
Electrical Power Electrical Power GREEN
Thermal Control Thermal Control GREEN
Communications Payloads Communications Payloads GREEN

On-Orbit Storage

GOES-17 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   S Operational Date:   2/12/2019
Launch Date:   3/1/2018  
Spacecraft Location:  104.7 West Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes: GOES-17 has been commanded to on-orbit storage at 104.7 W on March 14, 2023.

Payload Instruments Status:


Instrument Description Status
ABI Advanced Baseline Imager YELLOW
SEISS Space Environment In-Situ Suite GREEN
SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager GREEN
EXIS Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors GREEN
MAG Magnetometer GREEN
GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper GREEN

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
C & DH Command & Data Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance, Navigation and Control GREEN
EPS Electrical Power Subsystem GREEN
Propulsion Propulsion GREEN
Mechanisms Mechanisms GREEN
Electrical Power Electrical Power GREEN
Thermal Control Thermal Control GREEN
Communications Payloads Communications Payloads GREEN

GOES 14 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   O Operational Date:    
Launch Date:   06/27/2009 ACS Mode:  Storge mode
Spacecraft Location:   108.2 West Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes:   GOES-14 is in normal mode as GOES Backup
GOES-14 has been commanded to storage mode at 108.2 W longitude on February 3, 2023.

Payload Instruments Status:


Instrument Description Status
IMAGER Imager BLUE
SOUNDER Sounder BLUE
EPS Energetic Particle Sensor BLUE
MAGNETOMETERS Magnetometers GREEN
HEPAD High Energy Proton and Alpha Detector BLUE
XRS X-Ray Sensor BLUE
SXI Solar X-Ray Imager RED

Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
AOC Attitude and Orbit Control GREEN
COMM Communication Payloads BLUE
EP Electrical Power GREEN
FIC Fuel for Inclination Control GREEN
PROP Propulsion GREEN
TCC Telemetry, Command and Control GREEN
MECH Mechanics GREEN
THERMAL Thermal Control Subsystem GREEN

GOES Information