Weather
EWS-G2 (GOES 15)
Backup / standbyWeatherGEONORAD 36411
EWS-G2 (GOES 15) is a NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) weather satellite, launched on March 4, 2010 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 4, 2010 at 11:57 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV M+(4,2) →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,808 km
- Periapsis
- 35,763 km
- Inclination
- 1.26°
- Orbital period
- 1436.04 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,215 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,180 kg
- Power
- 2,300 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Dimensions
- 8.4 × 2.9 × 8.4 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science/Meterology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36411
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.3096 m²
- Status
- Backup / standby