GOES N
5/24/2006
NOAA will operate GOES-13 on behalf of the U.S. Air Force during the satellite’s remaining life span once it reaches its new location and its instruments are checked out.
GOES-13 was renamed Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1).
The Space Force repurposed GOES-13 in 2020 as the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System EWS-G1.
NOAA is transferring the decommissioned GOES-13 satellite to the U.S. Air Force to operate at a new orbital location.