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Sandia National LaboratoriesSPARKLP-41, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA
ORS-4
Launched
November 4, 2015
Summary
ORS-4 (HiakaSat) launched on a Sandia National Laboratories SPARK from LP-41, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA on November 4, 2015. The mission failed: Vehicle lost attitude control around a minute into flight. It was Sandia National Laboratories's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,509th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st SPARK flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Result
- Vehicle lost attitude control around a minute into flight.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- SPARK · Sandia National Laboratories
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st SPARK flightSandia National Laboratories's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,509th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
ORS-4 was the first flight of the rail-launched Super Strypi (SPARK) launcher, carrying the University of Hawaii's HiakaSat hyperspectral imaging satellite and a dozen CubeSats for the US Operationally Responsive Space office; the vehicle broke up about a minute into flight.
Pad
LP-41, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA
1st launch from LP-41, 1st this year · 1st from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA
1 launches from this pad · 1 from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USAOpen in maps
Questions
When did ORS-4 (HiakaSat) launch?
ORS-4 (HiakaSat) launched on November 4, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did ORS-4 (HiakaSat) fail?
Vehicle lost attitude control around a minute into flight.
Where can I watch ORS-4 (HiakaSat)?
Coverage: Launch of Super Strypi rocket from Hawaii. Watch the replay
What rocket launched ORS-4 (HiakaSat)?
SPARK, flown by Sandia National Laboratories. SPARK spec sheet
Where did ORS-4 (HiakaSat) launch from?
LP-41, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, HI, USA.
What orbit was ORS-4 (HiakaSat) going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a test flight mission.