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Taurus 2110 | OrbView-4 launched on Fri, Sep 21, 2001, 06:49 PM UTC — a Orbital Sciences Corporation mission.
NET Fri, Sep 21, 2001, 06:49 PM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Minotaur-C 2110 to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Minotaur-C 2110 ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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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Good to know
Taurus 2110 | OrbView-4 is scheduled to lift off Fri, Sep 21, 2001, 06:49 PM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Taurus 2110 | OrbView-4 is an Orbital Sciences Corporation mission flying on a Minotaur-C 2110.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.