United Launch AllianceAtlas V 411Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Atlas V 411 | OSIRIS-REx
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.September 8, 2016Add to calendar
United Launch Alliance's 112th launch · 8th this year · humanity's 5,586th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 8, 23:05 – Sep 9, 01:05 UTC
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OSIRIS-REx
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
Robotic Exploration · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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- Atlas V OSIRIS-REx Launch Highlights — United Launch Alliance
- First U.S. Sample Return Mission to an Asteroid Launches — NASA
- Liftoff of OSIRIS-REx — NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- 360 Degree Encapsulation & Launch of OSIRIS-REx — NASA's Kennedy Space Center
