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ORS-5

successMinotaur IV | ORS-5

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.

Overview

Date / time
August 26, 2017 at 06:04 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 46
Mission
ORS-5
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Minotaur IV →
Launch provider
Orbital ATK →

Payloads deployed · 1

ORS-5 SENSORSAT
LEO