About the GOES-16 satellite - The GOES-16, also known as GOES-R before it reached its geostationary orbit, is operated by NOAA and is focused on the Americas. ... IMAGE SOURCE CSU/CIRA and NOAA.

NASA's Earth-watching Terra satellite peered down from space on May 28 and caught sight of something unusual floating over the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water.