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| Orion 1 |
Mission insignia
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| Mission statistics |
| Mission name |
Orion 1 |
| Launch pad |
Launch Pad 39B |
| Launch date |
December 2013 (2013-12) |
| Landing |
TBC |
| Mission duration |
~14 days |
| Orbital altitude |
122 nautical miles (225 km) |
| Orbital inclination |
51.6 degrees |
| Distance traveled |
TBD |
| Related missions |
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Orion 1 is the first planned unmanned test launch of both the new Orion spacecraft and the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle.[1] Set for a December 2013 launch, three years after the retirement of the Space Shuttle, the main objective of the Orion 1 mission is to test both the Orion systems (solar panels, onboard RCS and main engines, etc.), the full Ares I rocket configuration, as well as ground equipment, including a new Mobile Launcher Platform designed for the Ares I, along with a refurbished LC-39B, whose last launch occurred in 2006.
It is currently planned to be launched in the ISS-inclination orbit and flown in a "solo" configuration, not docking with the ISS. Though originally scheduled for 2012, in July 2007 the launch was pushed back to April 2013[2] and in January 2008 again pushed back to December 2013.[3][4] A water landing off the coast of Australia is proposed for this mission.
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