Minotaur IV | ORS-5
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Launch Window
Aug. 26, 2017, 3:15 a.m. - Aug. 26, 2017, 7:15 a.m.
Aug. 26, 2017, 3:15 a.m. - Aug. 26, 2017, 7:15 a.m.
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.
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 taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.
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