Manifest / 02
ORS-5
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Minotaur IV
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
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.
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 46
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Latitude
- 28.458°N
- Longitude
- 80.528°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
No formal weather rule concerns published.
- Primary concern
- None published
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
03:15 AM UTC - 07:15 AM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.

