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Orion 3
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| Mission name: |
Orion 3 |
| Launch pad: |
Launch Pad 39B |
| Launch: |
2012 |
| Landing: |
TBC |
| Duration: |
~14 days |
| Orbit altitude: |
122 nautical miles (225 km) |
| Orbit inclination: |
51.6 degrees |
| Distance traveled: |
TBD |
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Orion 3 is the first planned unmanned launch of the new Orion spacecraft and will allow NASA to test the Ares I rocket for the first time with a functioning Orion spacecraft, along with testing both the spacecraft's onboard propulsion systems, thermal protection system, and landing systems. NASA may have the Orion 3 spacecraft make a rendezvous with the International Space Station, but it is currently planned to be launched in the ISS-inclination orbit and flown in a "solo" configuration.
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