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Beginning Oct. 1, 2026, please visit https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/currently-flying/geostationary-satellites for GOES-R Program content.

Images: GOES-16 Field Campaign

During this 11-week campaign, a team of instrument scientists, meteorologists, GOES-16 engineers, and specialized pilots used an outfit of high-altitude planes, ground-based sensors, unmanned aircraft systems (or drones), the International Space Station, and the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite to collect measurements across the United States to support validation of the GOES-16 ABI and GLM instruments.

Local High Resolution Image Links:

This section mirrors the Flickr gallery above but contains links to only HIGH RESOLUTION LOCAL (to our server as opposed to Flickr) images. It functions as a 'one click' quick access to the highest resolution version of each image as well as back up in the event Flickr is down.