Prior to this mission, the most recent launch of the Minotaur family was in December 2006 when a Minotaur I space launch vehicle (SLV) successfully placed the TacSat-2 spacecraft into orbit from ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB – News) today announced that it has completed the full-scale “pathfinder” ground operations of the Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in preparation for ...

SpaceX rolls vehicles to launch pad for tests. This week the company rolled both its "Booster 7" and "Ship 24" to its orbital launch pad in South Texas for tests.

7.9K. For the first time in its 10-year flight history, the Minotaur IV rocket is preparing to make its inaugural launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, MARS, on Wallops Island, Virginia.

A new Minotaur launch vehicle derived from retired missile parts successfully blasted off from the California coast Thursday, but officials lost contact with a hypersonic glider testbed for a U.S ...

With LADEE aboard, the Minotaur V launch vehicle stands about 80.6 feet (24.6 meters) tall and is 7.6 feet (2.3 m) across at its widest point. The rocket weighs 197,034 pounds (89,373 kilograms ...

The 78-foot tall Minotaur IV launch vehicle consists of three solid-fueled motors from decommissioned Peacekeeper ICBMs and a commercial solid rocket upper stage.

In addition to the Minotaur 1 vehicle, the company also supports the larger Minotaur C and Minotaur IV launch vehicles based on Peacekeeper missiles. The small rockets are not cheap.

The 69-foot-tall Minotaur I launch vehicle consists of two solid-fueled motors from decommissioned Minuteman ICBMs as the lower stages and two solid-fueled commercial solid rocket motors as upper ...

An unarmed test launch of a Minotaur II+ rocket is planned for Thursday morning, ... This reentry vehicle will be used for the military's future LGM-35 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.

A Minotaur II+ rocket, the first launch test supporting the development of the Mk21A re-entry vehicle, exploded shortly after launch late July 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

An operational test of an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a Minotaur I rocket Monday evening at 11:01 p.m.