Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Helio-N/A
Mission type
Robotic Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:05:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5586 ever
Go probability
90%
Mission
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.