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Minotaur IV+ – Orbital Sciences Corporation

Minotaur IV+ – Orbital Sciences Corporation

  • Family: Minotaur
  • Length: 23.9 m
  • Diameter: 2.35 m
  • Launch Mass: 86 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1950 kg

The Minotaur IV+ was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with the first launch on 2011-09-27. Minotaur IV+ has 1 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. 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.

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