Orbital ATK Set to Launch Minotaur IV Rocket Carrying ORS-5 Satellite for the U.S. Air Force
August 24 2017 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
ORS-5 Launch will be 26th Flight for
Minotaur Family of Launch Vehicles
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, today announced it is in final preparations to launch
the company’s Minotaur IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Florida, on Friday, August 25, at approximately 11:15 p.m.
EDT. The Minotaur IV will carry the U.S. Air Force’s Operationally
Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) spacecraft, which will monitor
satellites and space debris to aid the U.S. military’s space
situational awareness.
Building on the Minotaur family’s 100 percent success rate, this
mission will mark the 26th flight for Orbital ATK’s Minotaur
product line and the sixth flight of the Minotaur IV configuration.
Minotaur vehicles are based on government-furnished Peacekeeper and
Minuteman rocket motors that Orbital ATK has upgraded and
integrated with modern avionics and other subsystems to produce an
affordable launcher based on reliable, flight-proven hardware. The
Minotaur IV is capable of launching payloads up to 4,000 lbs. (or
1,800 kg.) to low-Earth orbit. Minotaur rockets have previously
launched from ranges in California, Virginia and Alaska. This will
be the company’s first launch of a Minotaur rocket from Launch
Complex-46, managed by Space Florida.
“Launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station expands the
Minotaur launch vehicle’s capability to meet specific mission
requirements for our customer,” said Rich Straka, Vice President
and General Manager of Orbital ATK’s Launch Vehicles Division. “We
are pleased to be able to provide continued launch support for the
ORS office with our reliable Minotaur family of launch vehicles and
look forward to a successful launch of the ORS-5 mission.”
The Minotaur product line is provided via the Orbital/Suborbital
Program (OSP-3) contract and managed by the U.S. Air Force Space
and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Launch Enterprise, Experimental
Launch and Test Division (LE/LEX), and Rocket Systems Launch
Program (RSLP) located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Live coverage of the Minotaur launch and details about the
mission are available at www.orbitalatk.com.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 13,000 people across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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