Taurus 2110
FailureOrbView-4 · Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Sep 21, 2001, 18:49 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Sep 21, 2001, 18:49 UTC – Friday, Sep 21, 2001, 18:49 UTC
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
OrbView-4
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Orbview 4 was a high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite imagery. OrbView 4's imaging instrument was to provide one-meter panchromatic imagery and four-meter multispectral imagery. OrbView 4 was lost in an launch failure, when the Taurus-2110 carrier rocket suffered an loss of control, which was recovered, but orbit was not achieved.
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