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Orbital Launches Sixth Minotaur IV Rocket, Deploys Air Force Satellite

Orbital Launches Sixth Minotaur IV Rocket, Deploys Air Force Satellite
Orbital’s Minotaur IV launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 26, 2017, carrying the ORS-5 space-tracing satellite. Photo: Orbital ATK.

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…

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