United States Air Force
GOES 13
Delta IV M+(4,2)
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 · 22:11 UTC
Mission
/01In January 1998, Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc.(BSS), of El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a contract from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The contract includes the design, manufacture, integration and launch of two Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES N and GOES O, with options for GOES P and GOES Q. The GOES program is funded and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta IV M+(4,2)
Variant: M+(4,2)
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.532° N, 80.565° W
12
Pad Launches
640
Location Launches
1072
Agency Launches
20
Orbital This Year