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SuccessOSIRIS-REx · United Launch Alliance
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Sep 8, 2016, 23:05 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Sep 8, 2016, 23:05 UTC – Friday, Sep 9, 2016, 01:05 UTC
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
OSIRIS-REx
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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.
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