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EWS-G1
U.S. Space Force weather satellite. EWS-G1 was launched on May 24, 2006 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 1, 2019).
COSPAR 2006-018ANORAD 29155United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GOES 13
- Common name
- EWS-G1
- Payload designation
- GOES N
- International designator
- 2006-018A
- NORAD catalog number
- 29155
- GCAT identifier
- S29155
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/495
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GOES N
- Owner
- NOAA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- May 24, 2006 · 22:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-018Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.41°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 1, 2019
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
- End of operations
- January 2018
Size
- Mass
- 3,209 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,543 kg
- Length
- 8.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.90 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3813802 (CC0).