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EWS-G2
U.S. Space Force weather satellite. EWS-G2 was launched on March 4, 2010 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Feb 28, 2023).
COSPAR 2010-008ANORAD 36411United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GOES 15
- Common name
- EWS-G2
- Payload designation
- GOES P
- International designator
- 2010-008A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36411
- GCAT identifier
- S36411
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/595
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
- March 4, 2010 · 23:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-008Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.46°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- February 28, 2023
- Last known active
- Feb 7, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,215 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,543 kg
- Length
- 8.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.90 m
- Span
- 8.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q40773 (CC0).