Career
The Castor-Orbus rocket was launched three times over almost five years. After the launch of October 4, 1997, the Castor-Orbus was dropped from service.
- The first launch of the Castor-Orbus took place on October 16, 1992 at around 6:30 am. The location of the launch was Wake Island, in the North Pacific Ocean. This launch proved to be a failure.
- The second launch took place almost five years later, on February 10, 1997 at the Nevada Test Site, in Nevada, USA. This launch would prove to be the first and last successful launch of the Castor-Orbis.
- The final launch of the Castor-Orbus was not successful. It took place on October 4, 1997, at the Nevada Test Site.
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