Success
ORS-5
Government/Top Secret
Orbital ATK(OA)Commercial
Minotaur IV
LEOorbit
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.
Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 6:04 AM
Replay
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#5,669
OA Mission
#3
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#759
Designator
2017-050
Weather GO
70%
Launch Window
NET
Aug 26, 2017, 6:04 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
3:15 AM
Window Open
7:15 AM
Window Close
Minotaur IV Specs
The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.
Length
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Launch Mass
86 t
Thrust
2,200 kN
LEO Capacity
1,735 kg
GTO Capacity
0 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2010
Fastest Turnaround
11mo 25d
Total Launches
5
Successful
5
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Sep 26, 2010
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Aug 26, 2017, 2:04 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778
Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.
Founded
2015
Administrator
President: David W. Thompson
Total Launches
6
Successful
6
Failed
0
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
6