GOES-18 Resources

NOAA’s GOES-18 launched on March 1, 2022, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. GOES-18 is the third satellite in the GOES-R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system.

As our sentinels in the sky, NOAA’s GOES satellites help protect the one billion people who live and work in the Americas. Data from GOES-18 helps meteorologists see the big picture as well as read the fine print, providing critical real-time information before, during and after severe weather and disasters strike.

GOES-18 provides advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and monitoring of space weather.

Fact Sheets and Infographics

• Mission Overview
• Advanced Baseline Imager
• Geostationary Lightning Mapper
• GOES-R Space Weather Instruments
• The GOES-R Series: Unprecedented Capabilities for Monitoring Hurricanes
• Lifecycle of a Fire Disaster: GOES-R Satellites Provide Critical Data Every Step of the Way
• Beyond the Strike: Benefits of Detecting Lightning from Space
• Atlas V 541 Launch Vehicle

Videos and Animations

• Satellite Animation 1
• Satellite Animation 2
• Satellite Animation 3
• GOES East and GOES West Coverage of Western Hemisphere
• Mission Overview
• GOES-T Wildfire Detection and Monitoring
• GOES-T Youtube Channel

GOES-T Image Galleries

• GOES-T Road to Launch Photos
• GOES-T Spacecraft Photos
• GOES-T Satellite Renderings

GOES-T Program Team

Learn about the GOES program team.

Media Contacts

John Leslie
Phone: 301-713-0214

John Bateman
Phone: 301-713-9604
Email: nesdis.pa@noaa.gov