GOES-P Renamed GOES-15. The satellite is now in its proper orbit

The latest addition to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) constellation, GOES-P has now achieved its final storage orbit, some 12 days after its flawless launch. According to experts at NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the new spacecraft has now been renamed GOES-15, and it has just finished being set up for its future mission. At this point, no plans are in place to actually put the new instrument to work. More

(Source: SoftPedia - Mar 21)