Witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational weather satellite

In November, the most expensive and advanced weather satellite ever built in the United States launched, and it then spent several weeks reaching a geosynchronous orbit nearly 36,000km from Earth. After some initial diagnostics, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration turned the GOES-16 satellite (GOES stands for "Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite") on and began taking photos of Earth. On Monday, the agency released the first images taken by GOES-16—and do they ever deliver the goods. More

(Source: Ars Technics - Jan 24)