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2006 · United States Air Force

GOES 13

successDelta IV M+(4,2) | GOES 13

In 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).

Overview

Date / time
May 24, 2006 at 10:11 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 37B
Mission
GOES 13
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Delta IV M+(4,2) →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

EWS-G1 (GOES 13)
GEO