Orbit Type: GEO > Geosynchronous > Geostationary

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GOES-13 (GOES-N) lifted off aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Space Launch
Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 6:11 pm EDT on May
25, 2006.

GOES-13 (GOES-N) is the latest in ... a series of Earth monitoring satellites.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) provide the kind of
continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. Geostationary
describes an orbit in which a satellite is always in the same position with
respect to the rotating Earth. This allows GOES to hover continuously over one
position on the Earth's surface, appearing stationary. As a result, GOES
provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather
conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms, and hurricanes.

Orbit:
Altitude: 36000 km
Geo-Synchronous

Vital Statistics:
Weight 3200 kg
Size: 4.2 meters (l) x 1.88 meters (w)
Power: 2300 watts
Mission Life: 5 years

Instruments:
Sounder
Imager
SEM (Space Environment Monitor)
S and R (Search and Rescue)

For more information, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html

[Summary provided by NASA.]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2006-018A