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Minotaur IV | ORS-5

Minotaur IV | ORS-5

Status: Success  |  Launched: Aug 26, 2017 06:04 UTC

Launch Provider & Rocket

Mission

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.

  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

  • Pad: Space Launch Complex 46
  • Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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