NROL-111
Minotaur I
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Mission
NROL-111
Type: Government/Top Secret
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Location
Launch Area 0 B
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
72 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Rocket
Minotaur I – Orbital Sciences Corporation
Family: Minotaur
Length: 19.21 m
Diameter: 1.67 m
Launch Mass: 36 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 580 kg
The Minotaur I was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with the first launch on 2000-01-27. Minotaur I has 12 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 12 launches. The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. The first and second stages, taken directly from decommissioned Minuteman missiles, are mated to the Orion third and fourth stages taken from the Pegasus XL air-launched rocket family. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.
Agency
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: NGSS
Administration: CEO: Kathy Warden
Founded: 2015
Launchers: Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus
Spacecraft: Cygnus
Country: USA
Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.
Anybody ever notice that this has the same boosters as the Atlas V by ULA?
Converted ICBMs put to better use and 3 out of 3 launches is not bad. Keep up the great work NGIS. Another Top Secret job.
description needs to be updated.
The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used. is repeated twice in the Rocket Description
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