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Minotaur IV | ORS-5
Orbital ATK · Minotaur IV · Space Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Orbital ATK's 3rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,669th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 26, 03:15 – Aug 26, 07:15 UTC
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ORS-5
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.
Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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- Minotaur IV ORS-5 Launch Broadcast — Orbital ATK
