Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES 13
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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).
Delta IV M+(4,2)
Height 66.20 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 6270 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4200 kN
Diameter 5.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 11920 kg
Liftoff Mass 292 Tonnes
Launch Success 15
Consecutive Success 15
Maiden Flight 2002-11-20
Launch Failures 0
