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United Launch AllianceAtlas V 411Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OSIRIS-REx
Launched
September 8, 2016
Summary
OSIRIS-REx launched on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 8, 2016. It was United Launch Alliance's 112th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,586th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Atlas V 411 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Atlas V OSIRIS-REx Launch HighlightsUnited Launch Alliance
- First U.S. Sample Return Mission to an Asteroid LaunchesNASA
- Liftoff of OSIRIS-RExNASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 411 · United Launch Alliance
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Robotic Exploration · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
- Milestone
- 4th Atlas V 411 flight · 1st this yearUnited Launch Alliance's 112th launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,586th orbital launch attempt57th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- OSIRIS-REx · NORAD 41757 · left Earth orbit September 9, 2016
Centaur AV-067 · left Earth orbit September 9, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
82nd launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 6th this year · 751st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OSIRIS-REx launch?
OSIRIS-REx launched on September 8, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OSIRIS-REx?
Coverage: Atlas V OSIRIS-REx Launch Highlights; First U.S. Sample Return Mission to an Asteroid Launches; Liftoff of OSIRIS-REx. Watch the replay
What rocket launched OSIRIS-REx?
Atlas V 411, flown by United Launch Alliance. Atlas V 411 spec sheet
Where did OSIRIS-REx launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was OSIRIS-REx going to?
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a robotic exploration mission.
How many satellites did OSIRIS-REx launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).