GOES-R is now GOES-16

[unome]

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R-Launch

https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/stat ... 3634614272

[srainhoutx]

New Goes 16 Images will be a game changer in assisting Weather Forecasting...

01232017 GOES 16 Image C226o2TWIAAAvz0.jpg

NOAA Satellites ‏@NOAASatellites · 24m24 minutes ago
GOES-16 has sent its 1st full disk image of the W. Hemisphere! Learn more about this amazing image & satellite at http://goo.gl/7WvOON

[unome]

amazing isn't it? like a flip phone to i-phone difference...

next up, the JPSS-1 polar satellite, currently re-scheduled for 4th Qtr 2017 - can't come soon enough !

http://spacenews.com/jpss-1-launch-date-slips-again/

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/our ... tes#flyout

http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/index.html

http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/news.html?89

http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/mission_and_instruments.html

https://satelliteliaisonblog.wordpress.com/about/

[Ounce]

So how would a S-Band radar compliment the GOES-16 in local weather watching and forecasting?

[unome]

GOES-16 Lightning Mapper- the Youtube video in the article shows Valentines Day storms over SE TX, at 25 frames per second - incredible

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/20 ... ing-mapper

NOAA’s satellites are the backbone of its life-saving weather forecasts. GOES-16 will build upon and extend the more than 40-year legacy of satellite observations from NOAA that the American public has come to rely upon.

[TexasBreeze]

I read elsewhere that they are no longer cutting funding for satellites/NWS!

[unome]

it's official - GOES-16 will be GOES East this fall

http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa- ... -east-fall