Minotaur IV
ActiveOrbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)
Sept. 27, 2011
Description
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.
Specifications
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Stages
4 -
Length
23.9 m -
Diameter
2.35 m -
Fairing Diameter
― -
Launch Mass
86.0 T -
Thrust
2200.0 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
500.0 km
Family
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Name
Minotaur IV -
Family
― -
Variant
+ -
Alias
Peacekeeper SLV -
Full Name
Minotaur IV+
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1950.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
― -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Commercial
None
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