Official website (https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/minotaur-rocket/)
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Minotaur-C (Minotaur Commercial), formerly known as Taurus or Taurus XL, is a four stage solid fueled launch vehicle built in the United States by Orbital Sciences (now Northrop Grumman) and launched from SLC-576E at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is based on the air-launched Pegasus rocket from the same manufacturer, utilizing a "zeroth stage" in place of an airplane. The Minotaur-C is able to carry a maximum payload of around 1458 kg into a low Earth orbit (LEO).
Key facts
- Rocket.image
- Minotaur C launch (crop zoom).jpg
- Rocket.caption
- Minotaur-C launching its return-to-flight in 2017
- Rocket.name
- Minotaur-C (Taurus)
- Rocket.function
- Orbital launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences, Orbital ATK, Northrop Grumman
- Rocket.country origin
- United States
- Rocket.stages
- 4
- Rocket.status
- Active
- Rocket.sites
- Vandenberg, SLC-576E
- Rocket.launches
- 10
- Rocket.success
- 7
- Rocket.fail
- 3
- Rocket.first
- 13 March 1994, 22:32 UTCUSA 101 / USA 102
- Rocket.last
- 31 October 2017, 21:37 UTC
- Rocket/payload.location
- SSO
- Rocket/stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/stage.stageno
- Fourth
- Rocket/stage.name
- Pegasus-3
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Minotaur Rocket | Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman integrates, tests and provides space launch services for the Minotaur I, IV, V, VI and C family of rockets.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Minotaur
- Country of origin
- United States
- Diameter
- 2.35
- Official website
- www.orbital.com/SpaceLaunch/Taurus
- Image
- Taurus rocket.jpg
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- Commons category
- Taurus (rocket)
- Commons gallery
- Taurus (rocket)
- native label
- Taurus
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