Rank 38 documents GOES-16 — the first spacecraft of the GOES-R Series that revolutionized operational weather imaging from geostationary orbit. Launched 19 November 2016 aboard Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral, the 5,192 kg satellite settled at 75.2°W as GOES East, replacing earlier GOES generations with the Advanced Baseline Imager's sixteen spectral bands and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper's first-ever orbital lightning detection. ABI delivers visible imagery at 0.5 km resolution with full-disk scans every five minutes — and one-minute mesoscale windows during severe storms. GOES-16 transformed hurricane rapid-scan forecasting, solar flare monitoring for space weather, and wildfire hot-spot detection across the Western Hemisphere. Twin GOES-17 followed for GOES West coverage. Wallimilist renders GOES-16 with solar panels, hurricane Earth disc, green orbital arc, and Earth Science logo exactly as the master PNG dictates — 2016 operational kicker, cream-teal palette, and curator copy on ABI band heritage and storm-tracking revolution.