Minotaur I

Minotaur-1 with NFIRE
Image by NASA

Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Orbital Sciences

Height: 19.21 m
Diameter: 1.67 m
Payload to LEO: 580 kg
Total Mass: 36.2 tons

Launch Sites: Vandenberg, Wallops
First Flight: January 27, 2000
Last Flight: Active
Total Launches: 11
Successful Launches: 11

 

 

Minotaur I

Stage Diameter Fuel Engine Time Thrust (Vac.) ISP (SL / Vac.) Mass / Empty Mass
1 (M55A1) 1.67 m Solid 935 kN
2 (SR19) Solid 268 kN
3 (Orion 50XL) Solid 69.1 s 118.2 kN 16.17 tons / 1.092 tons
4 (Orion 38) Solid 67.7 s 34.8 kN 1.966 tons / 0.243 tons

 

 

Links:

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Wikipedia

Destination Orbite

Space Launch Report

Encyclopedia Astronautica

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