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Mission
Government/Top Secret · LEO
Also known as SensorSat, the Operationally Responsive Space 5 (ORS-5) will perform surveillance on geostationary (GEO) satellites. The craft will provide a stopgap for the existing space based surveillance system (SBSS), since full replacements are not expected until after 2020. With a mass of…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORS-5 SENSORSAT 2017-050A | Payload | 556 × 570 km · 0.1° | Globe |
| MINOTAUR DEB 2017-050B | Debris | re-entered 2022-11-09 | |
| MINOTAUR DEB 2017-050C | Debris | re-entered 2017-09-16 | |
| MINOTAUR DEB 2017-050D | Debris | re-entered 2017-10-02 | |
| MINOTAUR R/B 2017-050E | Rocket body | 575 × 587 km · 0.1° | Globe |
| MINOTAUR DEB 2017-050F | Debris | re-entered 2017-09-01 | |
| MINOTAUR R/B 2017-050G | Rocket body | re-entered 2024-02-13 |
COSPAR ID 2017-050 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).