OperationalNorthrop GrummanFirst Launch: 2010-04-22
Minotaur IV
Small-lift launch vehicle derived from decommissioned Peacekeeper ICBM stages, used for U.S. government small satellite and technology demonstration missions.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
9
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
9
0 failures
SUCCESS RATE
100.0%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
Northrop GrummanFeatured Photography
Minotaur IV Liftoff from Vandenberg
U.S. Air Force
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: Northrop GrummanVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 23.88 m
- Body Diameter
- 2.34 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 86.3 t
- Stages Count
- 4
- Fairing Diameter
- 2.34 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 1.8 t
- Cost per Launch
- $50,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$27,218 / kg
Fleet Deployment & Economics Suite
Model Satellite Constellations or Payload Charters with Minotaur IV
Calculate multi-plane Walker Delta fleet costs, fairing dispenser limits, launch cadence timelines, and single-mission rideshare economics.
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
1 photo & renders of Minotaur IV
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Liftoff2010-04-22Minotaur IV Liftoff from Vandenberg
Orbital Sciences Minotaur IV launch vehicle carrying the DARPA Hypersonic Technology Vehicle HTV-2 from SLC-8.
U.S. Air Force
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Minotaur IV.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.