Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:55:30 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4963 ever
Mission
American satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was lost during launch due to the payload fairing failing to jettison.