Launch Overview
Vehicle
Minotaur IV
Agency
Orbital ATK
Site / Pad
SPFLA / SLC46
Outcome
Success
Flight
6
COSPAR Designator
2017-050
Mission
ORS-5 (Government/Top Secret)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Minotaur IV
Provider
Orbital ATK
Agency launches
3 (1 YTD)
Site launches
759 (5 YTD)
Pad launches
3 (1 YTD)