
Orbital ATK [OA] successfully launched its sixth Minotaur IV space launch vehicle on Aug. 26, sending an Air Force satellite, the Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5), into low-Earth orbit. The Minotaur IV rocket took off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 46 at 2:04 a.m., then deployed the ORS-5 satellite 28 minutes later. This latest mission was Orbital’s 26th successful launch for its Minotaur line of rockets.“This was our first Minotaur launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force…