Rocket
Minotaur IV HAPS
Orbital Sciences Corporation · United States
The Minotaur IV HAPS launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets. A fifth stage, consisting of a hydrazine-powered motor called HAPS, increases orbital insertion accuracy and allows additional orbital maneuvering.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- First flight
- November 20, 2010
- Launches
- 1
- Successful
- 1
- Failed
- 0
- Height
- 23.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.35 m
- Liftoff mass
- 86 t
- Payload to low Earth orbit
- 1,750 kg
- Reusable
- no