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Northrop Grumman Space SystemsLaunch Successful
NROL-111
Minotaur I
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LAUNCH SITEWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
- Launch vehicle
- Minotaur I
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 0 B
- Provider
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Minotaur I
The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. The first and second stages, taken directly from decommissioned Minuteman missiles, are mated to the Orion third and fourth stages taken from the Pegasus XL air-launched rocket family. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.
- Height
- 19.21 m
- Diameter
- 1.67 m
- Stages
- 5
- Recorded launches
- 12
- First flight
- 2000-01-27
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Launch site & orbit
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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