2001 · Orbital Sciences Corporation
OrbView-4
failureTaurus 2110 | OrbView-4
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 21, 2001 at 06:49 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Mission
- OrbView-4
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit