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ORS-1 (USA-231)
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 30 June 2011, 03:09 am UTC
Rocket: Minotaur I (Minotaur)
Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
ORS-1 satellite is designed to provide orbital space imagery of Southwest Asia and to enhance battlespace awareness to operational field commanders.