--- title: GOES-19 Goes Down, NOAA Investigating | daily.dev description: NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite unexpectedly went offline and entered safe mode on July 15, 2026. The satellite covers the continental US, Central and South... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/goes-19-goes-down-noaa-investigating-k2zlxtmho twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GOES-19 Goes Down, NOAA Investigating | daily.dev og:description: NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite unexpectedly went offline and entered safe mode on July 15, 2026. The satellite covers the continental US, Central and South... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/goes-19-goes-down-noaa-investigating-k2zlxtmho og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k2ZLxtmho.png og:image:alt: GOES-19 Goes Down, NOAA Investigating og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GOES-19 Goes Down, NOAA Investigating **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite unexpectedly went offline and entered safe mode on July 15, 2026. The satellite covers the continental US, Central and South America, and the Atlantic Ocean — a critical asset during hurricane season and amid Canadian wildfire smoke events. NOAA is investigating. The older GOES-16, which GOES-19 replaced in 2024, remains operational and can serve as a backup with no expected degradation in service. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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