This is a list of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. GOES spacecraft are operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with NASA responsible for research and development, and later procurement of spacecraft.

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Satellites Designation Launch Date/Time (UTC) Rocket Launch Site Longitude First Image Status Retirement Remarks Launch OperationalSMS-derived satellites Manufactured by Ford Aerospace GOES-A GOES-1 16 October 1975, 22:40 Delta 2914 CCAFS LC-17A 25 October 1975 Retired 7 March 1985 GOES-B GOES-2 15 June 1977, 10:51 Delta 2914 CCAFS LC-17B 60° W Retired 1993 Reactivated as comsat in 1995, finally deactivated in May 2001 GOES-C GOES-3 16 June 1978, 10:49 Delta 2914 CCAFS LC-17B Retired 1993 Reactivated as comsat in 1995, decommissioned 29 June 2016First generation Built on a Hughes Space and Communications HS-371 spacecraft bus GOES-D GOES-4 9 September 1980, 22:57 Delta 3914 CCAFS LC-17A 135° W Retired 22 November 1988 GOES-E GOES-5 22 May 1981, 22:29 Delta 3914 CCAFS LC-17A 75° W Retired 18 July 1990 GOES-F GOES-6 28 April 1983, 22:26 Delta 3914 CCAFS LC-17A 136° W Retired 21 January 1989 GOES-G N/A 3 May 1986, 22:18 Delta 3914 CCAFS LC-17A 135° W (planned) N/A Failed +71 seconds Launch failure GOES-H GOES-7 26 February 1987, 23:05 Delta 3914 CCAFS LC-17A 75° W, 98° W, 112° W, 135° W, 95° W, 175° W Retired January 1996 Reactivated as comsat for Peacesat from 1999 to 2012, moved to graveyard orbit 12 April 2012.Second generation Built on a Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 spacecraft bus GOES-I GOES-8 13 April 1994, 06:04 Atlas I CCAFS LC-36B 75° W 9 May 1994 Retired 4 May 2004 In graveyard orbit GOES-J GOES-9 23 May 1995, 05:52 Atlas I CCAFS LC-36B 135° W, 155° E 19 June 1995 Retired 14 June 2007 In graveyard orbit GOES-K GOES-10 25 April 1997, 05:49 Atlas I CCAFS LC-36B 135° W, 65° W 13 May 1997 Retired 1 December 2009 In graveyard orbit GOES-L GOES-11 3 May 2000, 07:07 Atlas IIA CCAFS SLC-36A 135° W 17 May 2000 Retired 16 December 2011 Retired, Drifting west GOES-M GOES-12 23 July 2001, 07:23 Atlas IIA CCAFS SLC-36A 60° W 17 August 2001 Retired 16 August 2013 Operated at GOES-South covering South America, and retained as spare, following replacement at GOES-East by GOES-13. Now in a graveyard orbit.Third generation Built on a Boeing BSS-601 spacecraft bus GOES-N GOES-13 24 May 2006, 22:11 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B 75° W, 61.5° E 22 June 2006 Inactive Replaced by GOES-16 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017. Operational again as EWS-G1 since 8 September 2020. GOES-O GOES-14 27 June 2009, 22:51 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B 105° W 27 July 2009 Standby On-orbit spare, was used to cover GOES-East imagery and moved into position following GOES-13 malfunction in 2012, also activated to cover GOES-13 outage in mid-2013 GOES-P GOES-15 4 March 2010, 23:57 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B 61.7° E (Formerly 89.5° W, 135° W) 7 April 2010 Transferred Transferred to United States Space Force for coverage over Indian Ocean as EWS-G2. GOES-Q Not built Planned but not contractedFourth generation (GOES-R Series) Built on a Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft bus GOES-R GOES-16 19 November 2016, 23:42 Atlas V 541 CCAFS SLC-41 105° W (Formerly 75.2° W) 15 January 2017Standby Former GOES-East, replaced by GOES-19 on 7 April 2025 GOES-S GOES-17 1 March 2018 Atlas V 541 CCAFS SLC-41 89.5° W (Formerly 104.7° W, 137.2° W) 13 November 2018 Standby Former GOES-West, replaced by GOES-18 on 4 January 2023 GOES-T GOES-18 1 March 2022 21:38 Atlas V 541 CCSFS SLC-41 137.2° W Active GOES-West GOES-U GOES-19 25 June 2024 Falcon Heavy KSC LC-39A 75.2°W 7 April 2025 Active GOES-East

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