🚀Launchpad

Minotaur IV

Orbital ATK

Manufacturer
Orbital ATK
Family
Minotaur
Maiden flight
2010-09-26
Length
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Payload to LEO
1,735 kg
Launches
5
Successful
5

The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.