When severe weather conditions develop the need to monitor changes in weather patterns and make real-time decisions intensify, the GOES spacecraft provides the ability to monitor these critical conditions. Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) and Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) are special GOES imaging schedules that can be requested by National Weather Service (NWS) office and other government agencies to monitor and track mesoscale phenomena such as hurricanes, severe storms, smoke tracking from large wildfires or explosions, tracking of hazardous airborne materials and volcanic ash eruptions. RSO/SRSO also provide input into derived level 2 products such as mesoscale wind analysis and hurricane eyewall development. RSO and SRSO schedules provide images at 7.5-minute intervals (RSO) and at either 1-minute or at 30-second intervals (SRSO). This paper will discuss the behind the scenes operations concept for requesting and implementing RSO/SRSO requests within GOES satellite operations from the NWS to the satellite operators sending the commands to the spacecraft. A comparison between the GOESIM series RSO operations concept and GOES NOP will be provided. Examples of the scientific value of RSO coverage along with the tradeoffs of getting a reduced imaged area while in RSO will be explored.