Minotaur I

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Minotaur I, or just Minotaur is an American expendable launch system derived from the Minuteman II missile.[1] It is used to launch small satellites for the US Government, and is a member of the Minotaur family of rockets produced by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman).[2]

Vehicle

The Minotaur I is the follow-on to the Orbital Sciences' Taurus (later renamed the "Minotaur-C"[3]) launch vehicle, combining the original Taurus's booster stage with a second stage from a Minuteman missile.[4]

Minotaur I rockets consist of the M55A1 first stage and SR19 second stage of a decommissioned Minuteman missile.[1] The Orion 50XL and Orion 38, from the Pegasus rocket, are used as third and fourth stages. A HAPS (Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System) upper stage can also be flown if greater precision is needed, or the rocket needs to be able to manoeuvre to deploy multiple payloads.[5] It can place up to Script error: No such module "convert". of payload into a Script error: No such module "convert". low Earth orbit at 28.5 degrees of inclination.[1]

The Minotaur I is 69 feet tall and 5 feet wide.[6]

Initially Minotaur I launches are conducted from Space Launch Complex 8 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Starting with the launch of TacSat-2 in December 2006, launches have also been conducted from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island.[5]

Launch history

There have been thirteen launches of the Minotaur I, all successful.

Minotaur I launch history
Flight Date (UTC) Payload Launch pad Trajectory Result
1 January 27, 2000
03:03:06		 JAWSat (P98-1) (FalconSat1 / ASUSat1 / OCSE / OPAL) Vandenberg SLC-8 LEO Template:Success[7]
2 July 19, 2000
20:09:00		 MightySat II.1 (Sindri, P99-1) / MEMS 2A / MEMS 2B Vandenberg SLC-8 LEO Template:Success[8]
3 April 11, 2005
13:35:00		 XSS-11 File:Minotaur rocket launch.jpg
Vandenberg SLC-8		 LEO Template:Success[9]
4 September 23, 2005
02:24:00		 Streak (STP-R1) File:Minotaur 1 with Streak (23 Sep. 2005).jpg
Vandenberg SLC-8		 LEO Template:Success[10]
5 April 15, 2006
01:40:00		 COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3) Vandenberg SLC-8 LEO Template:Success[11]
6 December 16, 2006
12:00		 TacSat-2 / GeneSat-1 File:Minotaur awaiting launch.jpg
MARS LP-0B		 LEO Template:Success[12]
7 April 24, 2007
06:48		 NFIRE File:NFIRE1.jpg
MARS LP-0B		 LEO Template:Success[13]
8 May 19, 2009
23:55		 TacSat-3 File:TacSat3 launch 090518-F-9999B-001 (cropped).jpg
MARS LP-0B		 LEO Template:Success[14]
9 February 6, 2011
12:26		 USA-225 (NROL-66) File:Minotaur-1 NROL-66.jpg
Vandenberg SLC-8		 LEO Template:Success[15]
10 June 30, 2011
03:09		 ORS-1 File:Minotaur I with ORS-1 on MARS pad 0B (110622-F-PF707-001).jpg
MARS LP-0B		 LEO Template:Success[16]
11 November 20, 2013
01:15		 ORS-3,[17] STPSat-3 and 28 CubeSat satellites[18] File:Minotaur-1 ors-3 wd13-156-067 0.jpg
MARS LP-0B		 LEO Template:Success[19]
12 June 15, 2021
13:35		 NROL-111 MARS LP-0B LEO Template:Success[20]
13 June 18, 2024
07:01 		Mk21A reentry vehicle test File:MINOTAUR I ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM VSFB (8505466).jpg
Vandenberg TP-01 		Suborbital Template:Success[21]

See also

References

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