NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations
GOES Status

Recent Outages/Anomalies:

Product Outage/Anomaly (Update #1): GOES-16 All ABI L2 Products delivered to PDA - Issued: September 13, 2023 2112Z
Product Anomaly/Outage : Update #1 GOES-18 - All Products products delivered to PDA -Issued: Sep 13, 2023 2109Z
Administrative: GOES-16 GLM Triple Wide Phase Test Outage notice Issued: September 13, 2023 1525Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-18 - All Products products delivered to PDA -Issued: Sep 13, 2023 0617Z
Product Outage/Anomaly: GOES-16 All ABI L2 Products and delivered to PDA - Issued September 12, 2023 2116Z

GOES Operational 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.

Spacecraft Operational Status Status
GOES-8 to 12 De-commissioned RED
GOES 13 Transferred to Air Force N/A
GOES 14 On-Orbit Storage GREEN
GOES 15 On-Orbit Storage GREEN
GOES 16 Operational East GREEN
GOES 17 On-Orbit Storage GREEN
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 I-Situ Suite GREEN
SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager GREEN
EXIS EUV and X-ray Irradiance Sensors GREEN
MAG Magnetometer YELLOW(1)
GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper GREEN

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
CD & H Command Data & Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance Navigation Control GREEN
EPS Electrical Power Subsystem GREEN
Propulsion Propulsion YELLOW
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 I-Situ Suite GREEN
SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager GREEN
EXIS EUV and X-ray Irradiance Sensors GREEN
GMAG Magnetometer GREEN
GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper GREEN

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
CD & H Command Data & Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance Navigation 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-17 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   S Operational Date:   2/12/2019
Launch Date:   3/1/2018  
Spacecraft Location:  137.2 West Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes: GOES-17 became GOES-WEST at 1800Z on February 12, 2019. GOES-15 continues to provide backup GOES-WEST data.

Payload Instruments Status:


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

Spacecraft Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
CD & H Command Data & Handling GREEN
GNC Guidance Navigation 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 15 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   P Operational Date:   12/06/2011
Launch Date:   03/04/2010 AOCS Mode:  Upright: Aug - Feb, Invert: Feb - Aug
Spacecraft Location:   128.0 West Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes:   GOES-15 arrived 128.0 W on 11/7/2018.

Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
ACS Attitude Control System YELLOW
COMM Communication Subsystem GREEN
IMAGER Imager GREEN
INR Image Navigation and Registration GREEN
POWER Electrical Power Subsystem GREEN
PROP Propulsion GREEN
SEM Space Environment Monitor GREEN
SOUNDER Sounder YELLOW
SXI Solar X-Ray Imager RED
TANDC Telemetry and Command GREEN
THERMAL Thermal Control Subsystem GREEN