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ORS-5

Minotaur IV

Orbital ATK

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Weather Forecast During Launch

According to weather officials, there's a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.

Mission

ORS-5

  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

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.

Location

Space Launch Complex 46

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Find the best place to watch the launch from Florida

Space Launch Complex 46 has witnessed the launch of 6 rockets, including 5 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1027 rocket launches.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Rocket

Orbital ATK Minotaur IV

The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.

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Agency

Orbital ATK

Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.

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