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Minotaur · Orbital ATK

Minotaur IV

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Specifications

Status
active
Height
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Mass
86,000 kg
Stages
4
Payload to LEO
1,735 kg
Payload to GTO
0
First flight
2010-09-26
Total launches
5
Success / Fail
5 / 0

The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.

Payloads it launched · 17

STPSAT-7
LEO
MISR-C-2
LEO
AGGIESAT6 (AGS6)
LEO
CANVAS
LEO
STP-S29A OBJECT A
LEO
RAWHIDE-1
LEO
RAWHIDE-2
LEO
MISR-C-1
LEO
STP-S29A OBJECT E
LEO
USA 522
LEO
USA 521
LEO
USA 306
LEO
USA 308
LEO
USA 307
LEO
USA 305
Payload
ORS-5 SENSORSAT
LEO
SBSS (USA 216)
LEO