NGSS Minotaur IV NROL-174
Minotaur IV
Status
Success
Date
16 APR 2025
19:33
Launch Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Overview
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Rocket
Minotaur IV
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Unknown
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