Delta IV Medium+(4,2) launched the GOES-P weather satellite (later renamed GOES-15) for NOAA from Cape Canaveral. The geostationary satellite provided continuous imagery and atmospheric data for U.S. weather forecasting and severe storm tracking.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 3.2 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 15 Delta IV M+(4,2) flights
- Date and time
- 4 March 2010, 23:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta IV M+(4,2)
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2010-008
- Launches in 2010
- 8th of 74
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