Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top Secret

ORS‑3

Name: Minotaur I | ORS-3
Start: 2013-11-20T01:15:00Z
Location: Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Minotaur I

Launched Wed, Nov 20 · 1:15 AM UTC2013-11-20 01:15 UTCLaunch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

66th

orbital launch attempt in 2013

Orbital Sciences Corporation

5th

launch this year

Launch Area 0 B

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

73 d 21 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

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Mission

ORS 3 tracks rockets from orbit and can terminate, STPSat3 will host military experiments

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

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Minotaur I

Vehicle history

Height

19.2m

Diameter

1.7m

To low Earth orbit

580kg

Liftoff thrust

935kN

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Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top Secret

ORS‑3

Minotaur I

Launched Wed, Nov 20 · 1:15 AM UTC2013-11-20 01:15 UTCLaunch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Reached orbit

Follow Orbital Sciences Corporation in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

66th

orbital launch attempt in 2013

Orbital Sciences Corporation

5th

launch this year

Launch Area 0 B

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

73 d 21 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: ORS 3 Mission Launches from Wallops

Mission

ORS 3 tracks rockets from orbit and can terminate, STPSat3 will host military experiments

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Orbital Sciences Corporation launches Website Wikipedia

Minotaur I

Vehicle history

Height

19.2m

Diameter

1.7m

To low Earth orbit

580kg

Liftoff thrust

935kN

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