Taurus 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.
Mission Details
- Launch date: September 21, 2001 at 06:49 PM UTC
- Launch vehicle: Minotaur-C 2110
- Operator: Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Mission type: Earth Science