Minotaur IV
SuccessORS-5 · Orbital ATK
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, 06:04 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, 03:15 UTC – Saturday, Aug 26, 2017, 07:15 UTC
Provider
Orbital ATK
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
ORS-5
Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
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