2016年11月19日，NOAA宣布其下一代地球静止轨道气象卫星GOES-R发射成功，多位相关部门官员发表看法：

Kathryn Sullivan：“The next generation of weather satellites is finally here. GOES-R is one of the most sophisticated Earth-observing platforms ever devised. GOES-R’s instruments will be capable of scanning the planet five times faster and with four times more resolution than any other satellite in our fleet. With these new instruments and powerful new capabilities, GOES-R will strengthen NOAA’s ability to issue life-saving forecasts and warnings and make the United States an even stronger, more resilient Weather-Ready Nation.”

NOAA局长Kathryn Sullivan：“下一代天气卫星终于升空。GOES-R是目前最复杂的地球观测平台之一。GOES-R上的仪器将让扫描地球的速度提高5倍，而且较我们已有卫星的分辨率提高4倍。这些新仪器和强大的新能力，将让GOES-R强化NOAA保护生命的预警能力，让美国成为更强大、更具弹性的天气有序国家。”

Louis W. Uccellini：“We are ready to receive and process GOES-R data into our forecasts as soon as it is available. Forecasters will not only have sharper, more detailed views of evolving weather systems, they will have more data – better data – ingested into our weather models to help us predict the weather tomorrow, this weekend and next week. This is a major advancement for weather forecasting.”

NWS局长Louis W. Uccellini：“我们准备就绪，尽快接收和将GOES-R资料融入我们的预报中。预报员不仅能够更加清晰和详尽看到天气系统的演变，他们还得到更多——而且更好——的资料嵌入我们的天气模式，帮助我们预报明天、这个周末和下周的天气。这是天气预报的巨大进步。”

Craig Fugate：“GOES-R will significantly improve the ability of emergency managers across America to prepare for, and respond to, weather-related disasters. Better situational awareness will result in better outcomes -- from where to best position resources ahead of a storm to delivering more targeted information to local officials to decide if an evacuation is necessary.”

FEMA（联邦应急管理局）局长Craig Fugate：“GOES-R将极大改进整个美国应急管理人员的能力，对天气相关的灾害做出准备和应对。更好的形势感知将带来更好的结果——从风暴来临前最佳资源地点到向当地官员发布目标性更强的支持做出是否需要疏散决策的信息。”

Stephen Volz：“We’ve crossed an historic performance threshold with GOES-R. NOAA is now operating the most sophisticated technology ever flown in space to help forecast weather on Earth.”

NOAA信息卫星局局长Stephen Volz：“GOES-R将跨越性能的历史极限。NOAA现在在空间领域展现的最复杂技术，帮助预报地球天气。”

——GOES-R美国下一代地球静止气象卫星系列中的第一颗，成功发射意义巨大，各方官员兴奋之情溢于言表也属正常。据悉，该系列卫星包含的4颗卫星，业务化前分别为GOES系列的–R, –S, –T 和–U星，将支持NOAA一直到2036年的气象业务。