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ORS-1 Satellite, designed and built for combatant command operations, launches aboard a Minotaur 1 Rocket
CHARLOTTE, N.C., 1 July 2011. The ORS-1 satellite, built by prime contractor Goodrich Corp. (NYSE:GR) under contract to the U.S. Air Force, launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket. ORS-1, the first satellite in the Operationally Responsive Space program designed to support combatant command operations, will provide battlespace awareness supporting U.S. Central Command missions, such as combatant command operations.