Minotaur IV

Name: Minotaur IV
Brand: Northrop Grumman

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Payload LEO

1,730 kg

Assessment

Solid-fuel rocket using three government-furnished Peacekeeper ICBM motors and a commercial upper stage; because of these motors it launches only US government-sponsored payloads. Manufacturer figure 1,730 kg to LEO.

Source (provider information)

Technical data

Stages4

PropellantSolid

ReusabilityExpendable

First flight2010

Lead time–

Provider launch sites

Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46)Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0A – WallopsMid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0B – WallopsPacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) Launch Pad 1 – KodiakVandenberg Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8)

Price

Price on request

To the provider: Northrop Grumman

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