This hour of schedule is a good example of what to expect throughout the day. In terms of coverage over the CONUS, essentially there are 4 images per hour except for when there is a FULL DISK image. A FULL DISK image takes 26 minutes to complete and therefore limits the number of CONUS images to 3 per hour. For GOES west, the FULL DISK occurrs every three hours at the top of the hour: 00:00, 03:00, 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00. For GOES east, the FULL DISK occurs every three hours at 15 minutes to the hour: 02:45, 05:45, 08:45, 11:45, 14:45, 17:45, 20:45, 23:45. The schedule is also disrupted at the beginning of the day (00:00 hour for GOES east and 03:00 hour for GOES west) when extra time is used for spacecraft checks. See the full schedule for more details. GOES schedules