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ORS-5

Minotaur IV

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, August 26, 2017 · 06:04 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

70%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Minotaur IV

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 46

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.458° N, 80.528° W

3

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