LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Sep 08 2016
United Launch Alliance
OSIRIS-REx
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
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Rocket Details
Name:
Atlas V 411Description:
Atlas V with 4m fairing, 1 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Robotic Exploration
- The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41