sentences:  It is currently operating in parallel with GOES-17 for user evaluation purposes, but it is scheduled to be retired sometime after 2019.GOES-16 occupies the GOES-East position at 75° W. This satellite, which was designated GOES-R before orbiting, was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 19 November 2016.It underwent Post-Launch Testing through early 2017 before replacing GOES-13 as GOES-East.