GOES18 has gone west! After NOAA's newest satellite launched in March, it was initially stationed over the Central U.S. for post-launch testing. It has since moved to a new testing location near GOESWest. Learn more in our newest EarthFromOrbit:
GOES-18, which launched on March 1, 2022, was initially delivered to 89.5 degrees west over the Central U.S. and began post-launch testing and calibration of its instruments and systems in that location. On May 16, GOES-18 began drifting west, arriving at 136.8 degrees west on June 6. Post-launch testing restarted on June 7.
From its new vantage point, GOES-18 can now see Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Ocean all the way to New Zealand. It is ideally located to monitor the northeastern Pacific, where many of the weather systems affecting the continental United States originate, and to keep watch over the eastern Pacific hurricane basin.
GOES-18 GeoColor full disk image from June 7, 2022 showcases the satellite’s new view from 22,236 miles above the equator.Recently, the GOES-18 Advanced Baseline Imager monitored a number of weather events, meteorological phenomena, and environmental hazards. The satellite tracked fire activity in Alaska, snow and the movement of fog and smoke. It monitored a low pressure system off the West Coast and severe thunderstorms in Colorado.
Usually, GOES satellites complete post-launch testing from the 89.5 degrees west test position. GOES-18 is undergoing a “split” post-launch testing phase that is different from that of GOES-16 and GOES-17. This test plan gets GOES-18 into position near the current GOES West location earlier so its ABI data will be available to forecasters during theDuring two periods in August and October of this year, GOES West data users will receive GOES-18 ABI data for operational use.
This GOES-18 image shows the northeast Pacific Ocean, western part of the contiguous United States, and Hawaii, observed by each of the ABI’s 16 channels on June 7, 2022. This 16-panel image shows the ABI’s two visible, four near-infrared and 10 infrared channels. The visible and near-IR bands are gray-colored, while the infrared bands have the warmer brightness temperatures mapped to warmer colors. The different appearance of each band is due to how each band reflects or absorbs radiation.
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