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OrbView-4
Minotaur-C 2110Orbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 576E
Friday, September 21, 2001 · 06:49 PM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Minotaur-C 2110
Profile →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...
Height23.9 m
LEO Payload1,735 kg
Launches72
Successes65
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadOrbView-4
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerOrbital Sciences Corporation
Stages4
PadSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.739°N, 120.619°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
