A GOES-16 MDS request has been coordinated for Tuesday, April 8, 2024, when a Total Solar Eclipse will take place over North America. This eclipse will appear first in the Eastern Pacific and move across Mexico, the United States, and finally over Canada before ending in the North Atlantic Tuesday evening.
For this request, the GOES-16 (East) Meso-1 sector will be used to follow the path of the Moon’s shadow across the Earth. This will be accomplished by repositioning the MDS center point every 5 minutes, keeping the shadow located near the center of the image. The first GOES-16 Meso-1 aim change for the eclipse will be at 1700 UTC and located over the Eastern Pacific, and the final MDS location will be over Newfoundland at 1940 UTC and remain in place until 2000 UTC
The full list of GOES-16 Meso-1 center point locations and times for April 8th is provided below:
| Latitude (°N) | Longitude (°W) | Time (UTC) |
| 5.12 | 124.6 | 17:00 |
| 6.73 | 122.6 | 17:15 |
| 8.34 | 120.59 | 17:20 |
| 9.89 | 118.9 | 17:25 |
| 11.44 | 117.21 | 17:30 |
| 12.95 | 115.71 | 17:35 |
| 14.46 | 114.21 | 17:40 |
| 15.93 | 112.82 | 17:45 |
| 17.41 | 111.43 | 17:50 |
| 18.86 | 110.1 | 17:55 |
| 20.32 | 108.76 | 18:00 |
| 21.76 | 107.44 | 18:05 |
| 23.2 | 106.11 | 18:10 |
| 24.63 | 104.75 | 18:15 |
| 26.06 | 103.39 | 18:20 |
| 27.47 | 101.95 | 18:25 |
| 28.89 | 100.51 | 18:30 |
| 30.31 | 98.94 | 18:35 |
| 31.72 | 97.37 | 18:40 |
| 33.13 | 95.61 | 18:45 |
| 34.53 | 93.85 | 18:50 |
| 35.93 | 91.81 | 18:55 |
| 37.33 | 89.78 | 19:00 |
| 38.71 | 87.36 | 19:05 |
| 40.09 | 84.94 | 19:10 |
| 41.45 | 81.96 | 19:15 |
| 42.8 | 78.99 | 19:20 |
| 44.09 | 75.16 | 19:25 |
| 45.37 | 71.33 | 19:30 |
| 46.44 | 65.91 | 19:35 |
| 47.5 | 60.5 | 19:40 |
