OSC Minotaur-C 3110 OCO

Name: OSC Minotaur-C 3110 OCO
Start: 2009-02-24T09:55:30.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E

Minotaur-C 3110

Status

Failure

Date

24 FEB 2009

09:55

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

American satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was lost during launch due to the payload fairing failing to jettison.

Rocket

Minotaur-C 3110

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth 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

31.6 m

Diameter

2.35 m

Launch Mass

73 T

Thrust

1,380 kN