Minotaur

In-active

Orbital ATK (OA)

March 13, 1994

Description

Specifications
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Minotaur
  • Family
  • Variant
    C
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Minotaur C
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Orbital ATK

Commercial
President: David W. Thompson
OA 2015

Orbital 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.

Minotaur-C (Taurus XL) | 6 x SkySat & 4 x Dove

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 31, 2017, 9:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dedicated rideshare

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Minotaur-C (Taurus XL) | Glory

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 4, 2011, 10:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Minotaur | NROL-8

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Minotaur | STEP 0 & DARPASAT

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 13, 1994, 10:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STEP 0 (Space Test Experiment Platform 0) was a technology demonstration satellite flown under the Space Test Program (STP). DARPASAT (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Satellite) was designed to demonstrate advanced technology. Ball Aerospace designed, fabricated, integrated, and tested the spacecraft bus, and integrated two government-supplied payloads.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 6A
Success
1 day, 11 hours ago
SpaceSail Polar Group 09
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 21 hours ago
NROL-172
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Thirteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Offi…


Long March 7
Success
2 days, 23 hours ago
Tianzhou-10
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Ninth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Starlink Group 17-29
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
CAS500-2 & Others
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Ride-share of 45 satellites including: * CAS500-2 (KASA, South Korea) The South Korean CAS500-1 and -2 satellites will image the Earth in pan-chr…