The images made by this satellite will broaden your view of the world.
Launched just over 8 months ago, the GOES-16 weather satellite - controlled by the US Space Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - didn't take long to show what it came from. The first images released revealed fascinating perspectives of our planet, with a resolution considerably higher than the records of its predecessors.
Pioneering a new generation of weather observation and forecasting satellites, the equipment is positioned at the height of the equator line about 35, 000 kilometers from Earth. Its sensors are capable of detecting, in a matter of minutes, different types of structures and compounds in the atmosphere, such as rain clouds or volcanic ash. Here are some of the images the device has already captured: