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GOES-16 was just launched in November last year. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/witness-the-firepowe... There are 3 more of them scheduled for the next 20 years.

Amazing comparison of Hurricane Irma from the new GOES-16 vs the old GOES-13:

The performance jump in capture time and resolution blew me away. Really exciting to see it coming on-line.

The "one on the ISS" is usually an astronaut looking out the window ;)

Are there any equivalent satellites over Australia?

Himawari-8 covers Australia. You can view today's imagery at https://himawari8.nict.go.jp/