LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed May 24 2006
United States Air Force
GOES 13
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(10:11 PM UTC)
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(10:11 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(10:11 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Type
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Rocket Details
Name:
Delta IV M+(4,2)Description:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- 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).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B