Minotaur IV+ (Orbital Sciences Corporation)
Photo Credit: US Navy
The Minotaur IV+, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation established in unknown year, undertook its inaugural launch on 09/27/2011, is non-reusable and is active.
Minotaur IV+ has 1 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 1 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The Minotaur IV+ launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. It is similar to the Minotaur IV, but uses a larger Star-48V upper stage in place of the Orion-38 used on the baseline Minotaur IV.
- Length: 23.9 m
- Diameter: 2.35 m
- Launch Mass: 86 T
- LEO Capacity: 1950 kg