Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES 13

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: Delta IV M+(4,2) — Delta family

Mission

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).

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 37B
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

• Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service division, supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research (Wikipedia)