Minotaur-4 HAPS [Spaceflight Now]

The most recent addition to Orbital's line of space launch vehicles, the Minotaur-4(a.k.a. OSP-2 Peacekeeper SLV) combines elements of government-furnished decommissionedPeacekeeper missiles with technologies from ourprovenPegasus,TaurusandOSP Minotaur boosters. The vehicle consists ofthreePeacekeeper solid rocket stages, acommercialOrion-38 fourth stage motor andsubsystems derived from established space launch boosters. Under a 10-year contract withthe U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Orbital will develop and operate thelow-cost Minotaur-4 vehicle to launch U.S. government-funded satellites into low-Earthorbit.

The Minotaur-4 incorporates a standard 92-inch fairing from theTaurus booster and supports dedicated or shared launchmissions. Capable of boosting payloads more than 1,750 kg into orbit, the vehicle iscompatible with multiple U.S. government and commercial launch sites. The Minotaur-4 isdesigned to provide 18-month mission response including payload integration and launch byOrbital's experienced launch crews.

→ complete list of allMinotaur-4 / -5 / -6 flights
→ complete list of allPeacekeeper / Castor-120 based rockets

  Nr          Vehicle           Date        LS       Sub Suc Payload

 3    1    Minotaur-4 HAPS    20.11.2010  Kd LP-1STPSat 2 /FASTRAC 1 / FASTRAC 2 /FalconSat 5 /FASTSat-HSV 01 /RAX 1 /O/OREOS /NanoSail-D2 /Ballast A, BPlanned:  Launch sites:CC =    Spaceport Florida, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA   / SLC-46Kd =    Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Narrow Cape, Alaska, USA   / LP-1Va =    Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA   / SLC-8 (ex CLF)WI =    Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, Virginia, USA   / LA-0B

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