Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur IVSpace Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Minotaur IV | SBSS (USA-216)
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.September 26, 2010Add to calendar
Launch Successful
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Orbital Sciences Corporation's 58th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,082nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 26, 04:41 – Sep 26, 04:41 UTC
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SBSS (USA-216)
The Space Based Space Surveillance satellite was a US Air Force spacecraft with a gimballed optical telescope that tracks satellites and debris, particularly in geosynchronous orbit, from a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit.
Space Situational Awareness · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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