![]() The GOES-15 satellite during pre-launch processing. | |
Names | GOES-P GOES-15 (before September 22, 2023) |
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Mission type | Weather satellite |
Operator | NOAA / NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2010-008A |
SATCAT no. | 36411 |
Mission duration | 10 years (planned) Elapsed: 14 years, 6 months, 2 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | GOES-N series |
Bus | BSS-601 |
Manufacturer | Boeing ITT Corporation |
Power | 2.3 kilowatts from solar array |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 March 2010, 23:57 | UTC
Rocket | Delta IV-M+(4,2) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-37B |
Contractor | United Launch Alliance |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 128° West |
Slot | GOES-West |
Semi-major axis | 42,166 kilometres (26,201 mi) |
Perigee altitude | 35,791.0 kilometres (22,239.5 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 35,800.4 kilometres (22,245.3 mi) |
Inclination | 0.2° |
Period | 1,436.2 minutes |
EWS-G2 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary)[1] is a weather satellite of the U.S. Space Force, formerly GOES-15 (also known as GOES-P before becoming operational). The spacecraft was constructed by Boeing, and is the last of three GOES satellites to be based on the BSS-601 bus. It was launched in 2010, while the other BSS-601 GOES satellites—GOES-13 and GOES-14—were launched in May 2006 and June 2009 respectively.[2] It was the sixteenth GOES satellite to be launched.