OSIRIS-REx

NASA sample return mission, launched in 2016. OSIRIS-REx was launched on September 8, 2016 aboard a Atlas V 411 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Sep 9, 2016).

COSPAR 2016-055ANORAD 41757United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: OSIRIS-REx
International designator: 2016-055A
NORAD catalog number: 41757
GCAT identifier: S41757
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/802

Mission

Mission type: Deep space
Use: Civil government
Program: New Frontiers
Owner: GSFC
Country: United States
Builder: Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale)
Platform (bus): O-REx

Launch

Date: September 8, 2016 · 23:05 UTC
Launch record: 2016-055Success
Rocket: Atlas V 411
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): EEO
Perigee: 203 km
Inclination: 29.54°
Status: Left Earth orbit for deep space
Status date: September 9, 2016
Last known active: February 2023

Size

Mass: 2,064 kg
Dry mass: 834 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 2,110 kg
Length: 3.2 m
Diameter: 2.40 m
Span: 6.2 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry: D00975
Final central body: Earth
Phase start: September 19, 2017
Phase outcome: Flyby · September 25, 2017
Destination: HCO

Flight phases

From	Central body	Ended	Outcome	Next
Sep 9, 2016	Earth	Sep 12, 2016	Escaped to another body	HCO
Dec 1, 2018	Bennu	Dec 31, 2018	Entered orbit around the target	Bennu
Dec 31, 2018	Bennu	Oct 20, 2020	Landed	Bennu
Oct 20, 2020	Bennu	Oct 20, 2020	Took off from a small body	—
Oct 20, 2020	Bennu	Oct 22, 2020	Escaped to another body	HCO
Mar 25, 2021	Bennu	Apr 17, 2021	Escaped to another body	HCO
Sep 21, 2023	Earth	Sep 24, 2023	Flyby	—
Sep 24, 2023	Earth	Sep 27, 2023	Escaped to another body	HCO

Landings and impacts

World	Type	Result	Touchdown	Site	Coordinates
Bennu	Lander (powered landing)	Landed and operated	Oct 20, 2020	Nightingale	56.00, 43.00

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q604428 (CC0).