OSC Minotaur-C 2110 OrbView-4

Name: OSC Minotaur-C 2110 OrbView-4
Start: 2001-09-21T18:49:30.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E

Minotaur-C 2110

Status

Failure

Date

21 SEP 2001

18:49

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Orbview 4 was a high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite imagery. OrbView 4's imaging instrument was to provide one-meter panchromatic imagery and four-meter multispectral imagery. OrbView 4 was lost in an launch failure, when the Taurus-2110 carrier rocket suffered an loss of control, which was recovered, but orbit was not achieved.

Rocket

Minotaur-C 2110

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American all-solid orbital launch vehicle based on a Pegasus and Peacekeeper rocket.It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

Height

27.9 m

Diameter

2.35 m

Launch Mass

73 T

Thrust

1,380 kN