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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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 2 hours ago
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…


Smart Dragon 3
Success
2 days, 2 hours ago
SatNet test satellite
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 9 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-21
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 6A
Success
4 days, 18 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 21
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Long March 8
Success
6 days ago
SpaceSail Polar Group 07
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, 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…