NOAA Declares GOES-17 Operational As GOES West

Credit: GOES S launch: NOAA/NASA
HOUSTON— The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES West geostationary weather satellite has been declared operational, the agency declared Feb. 12. GOES West was launched as GOES-S on March 1, 2018, and redesignated as GOES-17 once on orbit. NOAA continues to address a...

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