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Minotaur IV | ORS-5

August 26, 2017 at 6:04 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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August 26, 2017 at 6:04 AM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 46

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4584, -80.5284

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Space Launch Complex 46

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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August 26, 2017 at 3:15 AM UTC
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August 26, 2017 at 7:15 AM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM UTC

Mission description

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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Vehicle

Minotaur IV

Minotaur

Height

23.9 m

Diameter

2.35 m

LEO capacity

1,735 kg

Successful launches

5

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 46

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.

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