LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed May 24 2006
United States Air Force

GOES 13

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(10:11 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(10:11 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(10:11 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Delta IV M+(4,2)

Description:

Delta IV M+(4,2) rocket
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