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

United States Air Force · Delta IV M+(4,2) · Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

United States Air Force's 1,072nd launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 4,770th orbital launch attempt

May 24, 2006Add to calendar
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Window: May 24, 22:11May 24, 22:11 UTC

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GOES 13

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).

Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

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Pad — Space Launch Complex 37B

40 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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