GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) is NOAA’s weather-satellite series. Each satellite sits in geostationary orbit (~35,786 km) over the equator and continuously images the same hemisphere.

• Current generation: GOES-R series (GOES-16/17/18) with the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) — 16 bands (2 visible, 4 near-IR, 10 IR), 0.5–2 km resolution, full-disk scan every 10 min, CONUS every 5 min.
• Use: hurricanes, fires, fog, storm tracking, atmospheric moisture.