Delta IV M+(4,2)
SuccessGOES 13 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 22:11 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 22:11 UTC – Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 22:11 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
GOES 13
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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).
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