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OrbView-4
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...
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.
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 576E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Latitude
- 34.739°N
- Longitude
- 120.619°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
06:49 PM UTC - 06:49 PM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.


