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Mission
Earth Science · Direct-GEO
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWS-G1 (GOES 13) 2006-018A | Payload | 35955 × 36462 km · 4.8° | Globe |
| DELTA 4 R/B 2006-018B | Rocket body | 6569 × 35160 km · 11.9° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2006-018 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).