launched from USA

ORS-5

Success
AUG 26201706:04:00 UTC

Minotaur IV, built from retired ICBM motors, made its first launch from Cape Canaveral, and SLC-46 flew for the first time since 1999. It carried SensorSat, an MIT Lincoln Laboratory satellite for the Air Force that scans the geosynchronous belt for other satellites and debris.

launched from SLC-46 Canaveral

aboard Minotaur IV / Orion 38 into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

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Payload

ORS-5

Space surveillance

last updated Oct 19, 2026