MISSION NAME
NROL-174 174
Status
Success
DATE
16 APR 2025
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 8
Description
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Minotaur IV
Rocket Description
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.