GOES 13

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Geostationary Orbit Space Launch Complex 37B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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).

Delta IV M+(4,2)

Family:
Configuration: M+(4,2)

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    66.2 m
  • Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    292.0 T
  • Thrust
    4200.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Delta IV M+(4,2)
  • Family
  • Variant
    M+(4,2)
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta IV M+(4,2)
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $350000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    11920.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    6270.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance

(ULA)

Interim CEO: John Elbon Founded: 2006 Successes: 172 Failures: 0 Pending: 39

Agency Type:

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

INFO WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 37B


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Success
1 week, 1 day ago
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