Minotaur 4 launch timeline with the ORS-5 satellite

Track the major events during the Minotaur 4 rocket’s 28-minute climb into a unique equatorial orbit with the ORS-5 space surveillance satellite for the U.S. military’s Operationally Responsive Space office. Standing around eight stories tall, the five-stage rocket is set for liftoff during a four-hour launch window opening at 11:15 p.m. EDT Friday (0315 GMT) Saturday from Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Here is a diagram of the Minotaur 4’s flight sequence, and a list of major events during the rocket’s ascent into space. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 28)