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Minotaur IV | ORS-5

Orbital ATKSpace Launch Complex 46 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
ORS-5
Type
Government/Top Secret
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Weather probability
70% go

Also known as SensorSat, the Operationally Responsive Space 5 (ORS-5) will perform surveillance on geostationary (GEO) satellites. The craft will provide a stopgap for the existing space based surveillance system (SBSS), since full replacements are not expected until after 2020. With a mass of approximately 100kg the solar powered craft will operate in low earth orbit at an altitude of 600km.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Minotaur IV
Family
Minotaur
Provider
Orbital ATK
Type
Commercial
Country
USA

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launch site

Pad
Space Launch Complex 46
Location
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York