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Recent Outages/Anomalies:

Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-18 - Lightning Detection products delivered to AWIPS - Issued: February 08, 2026 0322Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-19 Fire Hot Spot products delivered to PDA - Issued: January 31, 2026 1428Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-19 - Fire Hot Spot products delivered to PDA - Issued: January 29, 2026 1415Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-19 - Fire Hot Spot products delivered to PDA -Issued: January 28, 2026 1440Z
Product Anomaly/Outage: GOES-19 - Cloud and Moisture Bands 09, 10, 11, 12, Sectorized Cloud and Moisture Bands 09, 10, 11, 12 products delivered to AWIPS, GRB, PDA -Issued: Jan 28, 2026 0447Z

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-19 Operational East
GOES-18 Operational West
GOES-16 On-Orbit Storage
GOES-17 On-Orbit Storage
GOES-14 On-Orbit Storage

GOES-East

GOES-19 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   U Operational Date:   4/7/2025
Launch Date:   6/24/2024  
Spacecraft Location:  75.2W Operational Status:  GOES-East
Notes: GOES-19 became GOES-EAST on April 7th, 2025 at 1500 UTC, replacing GOES-16.

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
CCOR Compact Coronagraph GREEN

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


Spacecraft Subsystem Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


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 Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


Spacecraft Subsystem Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


On-Orbit Storage

GOES-16 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   R Operational Date:   12/18/2017
Launch Date:   11/19/2016  
Spacecraft Location:  104.7 West (location as of June 2025) Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes:  GOES-16 has replaced GOES-17 and GOES-14 (tandem) as the "GOES-BACKUP" satellite should GOES-18 or -19 need replacement on June 12, 2025.

Payload Instruments Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users



Spacecraft Subsystem Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


GOES-17 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   S Operational Date:   2/12/2019
Launch Date:   3/1/2018  
Spacecraft Location:  104.4 West Operational Status:  On-Orbit Storage
Notes: GOES-17 will be moved to 89.5W after GOES-16 relieves its position at 104.7W in July 2025.

Payload Instruments Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users


Spacecraft Subsystem Status:

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

* = Spacecraft Issue but No User Impact
** = Investigating Performance Issue which will Impact Users



Last Updated: February 6, 2026

GOES Information