Orbview 4

General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	21 Sep 2001
Country of origin	United States
Mission
Perigee/Apogee	n/a (planned: 470 km sun-synchronous (10:30 AM))
Inclination	n/a (planned: 97°)
Period	n/a
Launch vehicle	Taurus #6

End of life

Out of service	21 Sep 2001
Cause	launch failure
Decay	21 Sep 2001

Specifications

Prime contractor	OSC
Platform	LEOStar-2
Mass at launch	368 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	5 years

On board storage: 4 GB. Maximum data rate: 150 Mbps Should operate in the 8025-8400 MHz frequency band, TT&C communications would be in UHF-, S- and X-band.

Ability to turn from side to side up to 45° from the polar orbit path

Panchromatic and Multispectral payload

Wavebands	Panchromatic: 450-900 nm Multispectral: 450-520 nm 520-600 nm 625-695 nm 760-900 nm
Swath width	8 km
Resolution	Panchromatic: 1 m Multispectral: 4 m

Hyperspectral payload

Wavebands	450-2000 nm (200 channels)
Swath width	5 km
Resolution	8 m for US-gov-approved customers 20 m for others

Provided by USAF Research Laboratory