GOES-16 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GOES-16 -

Full Name

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 16
aka GOES-R

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

NOAA , NASA

Launch Date

19 Nov 2016

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

Dec 2033

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

41866 (TLE)

International Designator

2016-071A

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology (primary mission), search and rescue, space environment monitoring, data collection platform, data gathering.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	ABI
	Atmospheric Winds	ABI
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	ABI
	Cloud particle properties and profile	ABI
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	ABI
	Radiation budget	ABI
	Lightning Detection	GLM
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	Magnetometer (GOES)
Land	Surface temperature (land)	ABI
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	ABI
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	ABI
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	ABI