LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Failure
Fri Sep 21 2001
Orbital Sciences Corporation

OrbView-4

Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(6:49 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(6:49 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(6:49 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Taurus 2110

Description:

American all-solid orbital launch vehicle based on a Pegasus and Peacekeeper rocket.It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

Taurus 2110 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Earth Science
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E