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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) 1–15
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are a series of key satellites NOAA has operated since 1975 to monitor weather and space weather. The related Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) satellites were in operation from 1974 to 1978. The current series is GOES-R (16–20).