NGSS Minotaur IV EWS OD-1
Minotaur IV
Status
TBD
Date
30 JUN 2027
00:00
Launch Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Overview
The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.
Rocket
Minotaur IV
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Minotaur IV 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.
Height
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Launch Mass
86 T
Thrust
2,200 kN