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Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch FailureEarth ScienceTaurus 2110
Launched 2001-09-21 18:49:30 UTCSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Minotaur-C 2110 lifted off with OrbView-4, but the launch failed.
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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.
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Height
27.9m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
1,380kg
Liftoff thrust
1,380kN
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