OrbView-4 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
21 Sep 2001, 6:49pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
OrbView-4
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Orbview 4 was a high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite imagery. OrbView 4's imaging instrument was to provide one-meter panchromatic imagery and four-meter multispectral imagery. OrbView 4 was lost in an launch failure, when the Taurus-2110 carrier rocket suffered an loss of control, which was recovered, but orbit was not achieved.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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