GOES-17 begins move to its new operational position – Satellite News Digest
NOAA’s GOES-17 satellite is getting ready to move to its new location at 137.2 degrees west. For the past seven months, the satellite has been in a temporary position – at 89.5 degrees west – known as its on-orbit checkout location. Since then, scientists have been testing and calibrating GOES-17’s instruments. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102301