Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur IVSpace Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

SBSS (USA-216)

Launched

September 26, 2010

Launch Successful

Image: USAF

Summary

SBSS (USA-216) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur IV from Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 26, 2010. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 58th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,082nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Minotaur IV flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.

Watch: Launch of Minotaur IV with SBSS at 26.09.10 from T-10 sec to 3rd Stage BurnoutSimon Plasger
Vehicle: Minotaur IV · Orbital Sciences Corporation
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Space Situational Awareness · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Milestone: 1st Minotaur IV flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 58th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,082nd orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year

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Catalogued objects

2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit

SBSS 1 · NORAD 37168 · in orbit

Minotaur IV (2) Stage 4 · re-entered October 5, 2024

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

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.

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

6th launch from Space Launch Complex 8, 1st this year · 643rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

10 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did SBSS (USA-216) launch?

SBSS (USA-216) launched on September 26, 2010. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch SBSS (USA-216)?

Coverage: Launch of Minotaur IV with SBSS at 26.09.10 from T-10 sec to 3rd Stage Burnout. Watch the replay

What rocket launched SBSS (USA-216)?

Minotaur IV, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur IV spec sheet

Where did SBSS (USA-216) launch from?

Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

What orbit was SBSS (USA-216) going to?

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a space situational awareness mission.

How many satellites did SBSS (USA-216) launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).