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ORS-5
American reconnaissance satellite. ORS-5 was launched on August 26, 2017 aboard a Minotaur IV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-050ANORAD 42921United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ORS-5
- Other names
- SensorSat
- International designator
- 2017-050A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42921
- GCAT identifier
- S42921
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/859
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- ORS
- Owner
- DoD ORS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lincoln Labs, Mass. Inst of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- ORS-5
Launch
- Date
- August 26, 2017 · 06:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-050Success
- Rocket
- Minotaur IV
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC46
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/E
- Perigee
- 599 km
- Apogee
- 604 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 2020
Size
- Mass
- 110 kg
- Dry mass
- 110 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q38280563 (CC0).