Orion 3
Titan 401A Centaur
United States Air Force
Mission
Orion 3
Type: Government/Top Secret
The Orion 3 and 4 (RIO 3, 4) satellites, which are generally known as ‘Advanced Orion’ or ‘Mentor’, are geostationary signals intelligence satellites, which replaced the Magnum / Orion series. Their purpose is to intercept missile telemetry from Russia and China and the COMINT capability of the Mercury satellites was merged into this series. These satellites are launched under the designation Program 7600.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
888 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Titan 401A Centaur – Lockheed Martin
- Family: Titan
- Length: 63.1 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 868 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 21680 kg
The Titan 401A Centaur was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1994-02-07. Titan 401A Centaur has 8 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 9 launches. Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
