Minotaur-C 1110

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Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)

March 12, 2000

Description

American all-solid orbital launch vehicle based on a Pegasus and Peacekeeper rocket.It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    27.9 m
  • Diameter
    2.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    73.0 T
  • Thrust
    1320.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Minotaur-C 1110
  • Family
  • Variant
    1110
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Minotaur-C 1110
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1320.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial
None
OSC

Taurus 1110 | MTI

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 12, 2000, 9:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The primary objective of MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) was to demonstrate advanced multispectral and thermal imaging, image processing, and associated technologies that could be used in future systems for detecting and characterizing facilities producing weapons of mass destruction using radiometrically accurate, high spatial resolution, multispectral imaging.

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