NGSS Minotaur IV NROL-129
Minotaur IV
Status
Success
Date
15 JUL 2020
13:46
Launch Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Pad
Launch Area 0 B
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Rocket
Minotaur IV
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Rocket 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