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**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.

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