GOES-17 will go into operations as the
GOES-West satellite during the week of January 7th, 2019. A notification of the exact
date will be sent closer to this time. The GOES-15 LRIT broadcast will be
disabled at the same time.
GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective
locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west for six months.
