GOES-17 is now GOES-West

As of 1800 UTC on February 12, 2019, GOES-17 is the official GOES-West satellite stationed at 137.2 degrees west and the 1691.0 MHz GOES-15 LRIT broadcast has now been disabled. GOES-15 Infrared and Water Vapor imagery is still available on it's normal schedule on GOES-17's HRIT broadcast.

GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west through early July 2019. After July 2019, GOES-15 data distribution will conclude while GOES-17 data distribution will continue in the GOES-West assignment.

Information on GOES-17 ABI performance including Loop Heat Pipe information and predictive saturation dates/times can be found at https://www.goes-r.gov/users/GOES-17-ABI-Performance.html 

Information on product mapping from GOES-15 to GOES-17 can be found on the bottom right at https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/transition.html

GOES-17 imagery can be viewed at: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php

GOES-17 scanning schedules will be posted to the following site after the Critical Weather Day declaration has ended: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html

NOAA press release: https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/latest-weather-satellite-will-improve-forecasts-for-western-us-alaska-hawaii