Advanced detection of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property, and our nation’s economic health and prosperity.
The Office of Geostationary Earth Orbit Observations manages the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites?? R Series?(GOES-R) and Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) programs. NOAA’s geostationary satellites orbit 22,300 miles above the equator at speeds equal to Earth’s rotation.? This means that they remain over the same area as the planet spins around its axis. Because they stay above a fixed area on the surface, the satellites provide constant vigil to identify and track severe weather conditions and environmental hazards like fires, smoke, dust storms, fog, and volcanic ash over time. Information from geostationary satellites is primarily used for short-term (1?2 day) forecasts and for tracking storm systems and environmental hazards in real-time.
The GOES-R and GeoXO programs are?collaborative efforts between NOAA and NASA. NASA builds and launches the satellites for NOAA, which operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide. NOAA manages the programs with an integrated NOAA-NASA program office organization, staffed with personnel from NOAA and NASA, and supported by industry.
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