ULA Atlas V 411 OSIRIS-REx
Atlas V 411
Status
Success
Date
8 SEP 2016
23:05
Launch Provider
United Launch Alliance
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
Rocket
Atlas V 411
Mission Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Stages
2
Livestream
Height
58.3 m
Diameter
3.8 m