Minotaur IV-Plus (original) (raw)

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Minotaur IV-Plus

Part of Peacekeeper

Uprated Minotaur IV with an ATK Star 48V motor replacing the Orion 38 upper stage.

Status: Active. First Launch: 2011-09-27. Last Launch: 2011-09-27. Number: 1 .

4 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x SR118 + 1 x SR119 + 1 x SR120 + 1 x Star 48V.

Country: USA. Spacecraft: Tacsat ORS.

2011 September 27 - . 15:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Kodiak. LV Family: Peacekeeper. Launch Vehicle: Minotaur IV-Plus.

Tacsat 4 - . Mass: 460 kg (1,010 lb). Nation: USA. Program: Tacsat. Class: Communications. Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Road Runner. Spacecraft: Tacsat ORS. USAF Sat Cat: 37818 . COSPAR: 2011-052A. Apogee: 12,010 km (7,460 mi). Perigee: 742 km (461 mi). Inclination: 63.60 deg. Period: 238.90 min.
Naval Research Laboratory UHF communications satellite, equipped with a 3.7-meter-diameter communications antenna to support military handheld satellite telephones. Launch used an uprated Minotaur IV with an ATK Star 48V motor replacing the Orion 38 upper stage.

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