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April 2025 | GOES 19 as GOES East Operational Satellite

In June 2024 GOES U was launch from Cape Caniveral Florida on a SpeceX Falcon 9 Heavy.   In April of 2025 it became the operation GOES East satellite replacing the very similar GOES-16 satellite that had been the operational East satellite since 2017.     This along with GOES-17 as in orbit spare demonstrates program continuity through at least 2035.

February 2020 | GK-2B launched

Korea's GK-2B was launch from Guiana on an Arian 5.   It has joind GK-2A as a two satellite constellation located at 128 degrees East.        The two satellites should provide program continuity through at least 2033.

October 2014 | Himawari Launch

On October 7th 2014 Japan Meteorological Agency launched the Himawari 8 geostationary weather satellite.  Set to replace MTSAT-2 in 2015, Himawari 8 is equipped with a 16 channel multispectral imager and is in geostationary orbit at 140° East Longitude.

November 2009 | Portable High Resolution Systems available

Automated Sciences is now offering portable high resolution Weather satellite systems for NOAA GOES HRIT, JMA HimawariCast, and KMA HRIT satellite feeds.  These systems include a dish that can be assembled in less than an hour and a portable computer system that includes our digital Receiver and full suite of image processing software including the powerful Rapid Visualization tool.   Contact us for more details or to discuss your needs.


Last updated December 2025