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

Mission Details

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)

Programs

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 37B

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA