Minotaur rocket family

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expendable launch vehicle family orbital launch vehicle suborbital launch vehicle

The Minotaur rocket family is a series of U.S. expendable launch vehicles that repurpose decommissioned ballistic missile stages to place small satellites into orbit for military and government missions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Minotaur I 1
Minotaur IV+ 1
Minotaur rocket family canonical 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
suborbital launch vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
derivedFrom Minotaur IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minuteman II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peacekeeper ICBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peacekeeper ICBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
designGoal cost-effective use of surplus missile hardware ⓘ
developedFrom Minuteman missile stages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peacekeeper missile stages NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstStageFrom Minuteman II GENERATED ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Taurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariant Minotaur I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minotaur II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minotaur III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minotaur IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minotaur V NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minotaur-C NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedFor small satellite launches ⓘ
suborbital target missions ⓘ
suborbital target missions ⓘ
launchCapability highly elliptical orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
trans-lunar injection ⓘ
launchesRestrictedTo U.S. government payloads ⓘ
launchSitesInclude Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kodiak Launch Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orbital ATK NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orbital Sciences Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionTypesInclude Earth observation ⓘ
missile defense targets ⓘ
space science ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ
operator Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUsers U.S. government NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. military NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsionType solid-fueled ⓘ
secondStageFrom Minuteman II NERFINISHED ⓘ
stages 4 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
5 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
typicalPayloadClass small satellites ⓘ
upperStagesFrom Pegasus rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses decommissioned ballistic missile stages ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orbital Sciences Corporation → developed → Minotaur rocket family ⓘ
Tactical Satellite Program (TacSat) → launchVehicle → Minotaur rocket family ⓘ
subject surface form: TacSat-2
this entity surface form: Minotaur I
Tactical Satellite Program (TacSat) → launchVehicle → Minotaur rocket family ⓘ
subject surface form: TacSat-4
this entity surface form: Minotaur IV+