Editing Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (section)

===Operationally available===
Four GOES satellites are available for operational use.

[[GOES 14|GOES-14]] is in storage at 105° W. The launch of this satellite, which was designated GOES-O before orbiting, was delayed several times.<ref name="goes-o">{{cite web|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html|title=Spaceflight Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911172414/http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html|archive-date=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=7 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="GOES-O">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-O/main/index.html|title=GOES-O Mission Page|work=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503071502/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-O/main/index.html|archive-date=3 May 2009|url-status=live|access-date=7 May 2009}}</ref> It was launched successfully on 27 June 2009 from Space Launch Complex 37, on a Delta IV Medium  rocket,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2009/release-20090627.html|title=NASA and NOAA's GOES-O Satellite Successfully Launched|date=27 June 2009|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053451/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2009/release-20090627.html|archive-date=29 June 2009|url-status=live|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> a [[Delta IV Medium|Delta IV M+ (4,2)]]. It underwent Post-Launch Testing until December 2009 and then was placed in on-orbit storage.<ref name="GOESstatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/|title=GOES Spacecraft Status Main Page|publisher=NOAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227082214/http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/|archive-date=27 December 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> This satellite is a part of the GOES-N Series. GOES-14 has been and will be activated should another GOES satellite suffer a problem or be decommissioned.<ref name="And">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=28462|title=NASA and NOAA's GOES-O Satellite Ready for Launch|author=Goddard Space Flight Center|date=16 June 2009|publisher=SpaceRef Interactive Inc.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203074141/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=28462|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=live|access-date=23 June 2009}}</ref> It was temporarily designated GOES-East because of technical difficulties with GOES-13 and moved towards the GOES-East location. After resolution of those problems, GOES-14 was returned to storage.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1195&MediaTypeID=1|title=GOES-14 Replaces GOES-13 as the GOES-East Satellite|publisher=NOAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001003752/http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1195&MediaTypeID=1|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>

[[GOES 15|GOES-15]], which was designated GOES-P before orbiting, was launched successfully on 4 March 2010,<ref name="nasa.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|title=NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Launch Schedule|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913085149/http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|archive-date=13 September 2008|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="GOES-P Mission">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/main/index.html|title=GOES-P Mission|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304085051/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/main/index.html|archive-date=4 March 2010|url-status=live|access-date=4 March 2010}}</ref> on a [[Delta IV Medium|Delta IV M+ (4,2)]]. From 2011 to 2018, it occupied the GOES-West position at 135°W over the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="GOES-15 Spacecraft Status Summary">{{cite web|url=http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=15|title=GOES-15 Spacecraft Status Summary|publisher=NOAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415000112/http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=15|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref> It moved eastward to 128° W beginning on 29 October 2018 in order to make room for [[GOES-17]], which took over the GOES-West position on 10 December 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitionToOperations17.html|title=GOES-17 Transition to Operations │ GOES-R Series|website=www.goes-r.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref> GOES-15 operated in tandem with GOES-17 for some time, but was retired in early 2020 and moved to a parking orbit.<ref name="cimss.ssec.wisc.edu">{{Cite web |title=GOES-15 is no longer sending data — CIMSS Satellite Blog, CIMSS |date=2 March 2020 |url=https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/35844 |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="goes.noaa.gov">{{Cite web | url=https://www.goes.noaa.gov/browsp.html |title = Pacific Tropical Infrared, GOES-West - NOAA GOES Geostationary Satellite Server}}</ref> GOES-15 was temporarily returned to operational status in August 2020 to fill a gap in the sensor capabilities of GOES-17 due to a hardware issue.

[[GOES 16|GOES-16]] occupies the GOES-East position at 75° W. This satellite, which was designated GOES-R before orbiting, was launched by an [[Atlas V|Atlas V 541 rocket]] from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41|Space Launch Complex 41]] at [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] in Florida on 19 November 2016.<ref name="Spaceflight Now">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html | title=NASA Debuts the Entire 2008 Hurricane Season in New On-line Video | access-date=2009-06-28 | archive-date=2009-06-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629120928/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> It underwent Post-Launch Testing through early 2017 before replacing GOES-13 as GOES-East.

[[GOES-17]] occupies the GOES-West position at 137.2° W. The satellite, designated as GOES-S before orbiting, was launched by an Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on 1 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/03/ula-atlas-goes-s-launch/|title=ULA Atlas V successfully launches with GOES-S – NASASpaceFlight.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11|date=March 2018}}</ref> Following post-launch testing and troubleshooting of a problem in its imager, the satellite was declared operational in February 2019.