# Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites/Geostationary%20Operational%20Environmental%20Satellites.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites/Geostationary%20Operational%20Environmental%20Satellites.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. They circle the Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which means they orbit the equatorial plane of the Earth at a speed matching the Earth’s rotation. This allows them to hover continuously over one position on the surface. The geosynchronous plane is about \[…\]