Minotaur IV
Active MinotaurOrbital ATK (OA)
Sept. 26, 2010
Description
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.
Specifications
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Stages
4 -
Length
23.9 m -
Diameter
2.35 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
86 T -
Thrust
2200 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
500 km
Family
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Name
Minotaur IV -
Family
Minotaur -
Variant
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Alias
Peacekeeper SLV -
Full Name
Minotaur IV
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1735 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Orbital ATK
Commercial
President: David W. Thompson
OA 2015Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Minotaur IV | NROL-174
Orbital ATK | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2024
Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1
Orbital ATK | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD May, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitMinotaur IV | NROL-129
Orbital ATK | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
July 15, 2020, 1:46 p.m.
Minotaur IV | ORS-5
Orbital ATK | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 26, 2017, 6:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Also known as SensorSat, the Operationally Responsive Space 5 (ORS-5) will perform surveillance on geostationary (GEO) satellites. The craft will provide a stopgap for the existing space based surveillance system (SBSS), since full replacements are not expected until after 2020. With a mass of approximately 100kg the solar powered craft will operate in low earth orbit at an altitude of 600km.
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