EAST 2 WEST 1 CENTRAL 3 # satellite name Imager Generation # ------------------------------------------ # GOES-I,J,K,L First (1) # GOES-M,N Second (2) # GOES-O,P,Q Third (3) # # GOES-I,J,K,L (GOES-8,9,10,11) have the first generation imager, designated as 1 # GOES-M,N (GOES-12,13) will have the second generation imager, designated as 2 # GOES-O,P,Q (GOES-14,15,16) will have the third generation imager, designated as 3 # # CENTRAL(GOES-CENTRAL) is included in this file for the future, for a possible # 3 satellite (GOES-EAST,GOES-WEST,GOES-CENTRAL) scenario. # # GOES-O,P,Q (GOES-14,15,16) will have the third generation imager(3) and are # included in this file for future use.