Robotic Exploration
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.
Orbital Attempt
#5,586
ULA Mission
#112
Pad Launch
#82
Location Launch
#751
Designator
2016-055
Weather GO
90%
Sep 8, 2016, 11:05 PM
1 update
Atlas V with 4m fairing, 1 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
Length
58.3 m
Diameter
3.8 m
LEO Capacity
8,080 kg
GTO Capacity
5,950 kg
GEO Capacity
1,935 kg
Launch Cost
$115M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2006
Fastest Turnaround
1y 4mo
Total Launches
6
Successful
6
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
6
Maiden flight: Apr 20, 2006
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Founded
2006
Administrator
Interim CEO: John Elbon
Total Launches
173
Successful
173
Failed
0
Pending
38
Consecutive Success
173
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
Sep 8, 2016, 7:05 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778