GOES 13
Delta IV M+(4,2)
United States Air Force
Mission
GOES 13
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).
Location
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
865 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Delta IV M+(4,2) – United Launch Alliance
Family: Delta
Length: 66.2 m
Diameter: 5 m
Launch Mass: 292 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 11920 kg
The Delta IV M+(4,2) was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on . Delta IV M+(4,2) has 15 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 15 launches.
Agency
United States Air Force
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA
