Minotaur IV
Minotaur IV, juga dikenal sebagai Peacekeeper SLV dan OSP-2 PK adalah sistem peluncuran expendable (sekali pakai) aktif yang berasal dari ICBM LGM-118 Peacekeeper. Hal ini dioperasikan oleh Orbital Sciences Corporation, dan melakukan penerbangan perdananya pada 22 April 2010, membawa HTV-2a Hypersonic Test Vehicle.[1][2][3]
Peluncuran orbital pertama terjadi pada tanggal 26 September 2010 dengan satelit SBSS untuk Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat.
Peluncuran
| Date/Time (UTC) | Variant | Launch Site | Payload | Trajectory | Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2010 23:00 |
Minotaur IV Lite | Vandenberg SLC-8 | HTV-2a | Suborbital | Successful | Successful launch, but payload failed |
| 26 September 2010[4] 04:41 |
Minotaur IV | Vandenberg SLC-8 | SBSS | SSO | Successful | |
| 20 November 2010 01:25[4] |
Minotaur IV HAPS | Kodiak LP-1 | STPSat-2 FASTRAC-A FASTRAC-B FalconSat-5 FASTSAT O/OREOS RAX NanoSail-D2 |
LEO | Successful | STP-S26 launch. Included a Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System (HAPS) to take the vehicle to a secondary orbit after placing payloads into the primary orbit. |
| 11 August 2011 14:45[5] |
Minotaur IV Lite | Vandenberg SLC-8 | HTV-2b | Suborbital | Successful | Successful launch, but payload failed |
| 27 September 2011 15:49 |
Minotaur IV+ | Kodiak LP-1 | TacSat-4 | LEO | Successful | First Minotaur IV+ launch |
| Scheduled Launches | ||||||
| TBD | Minotaur IV | Vandenberg SLC-8 | TacSat-5 | LEO | Might launch on a Minotaur I | |
| TBD | Minotaur IV Lite | Vandenberg SLC-8 | CSM | Suborbital | ||
Referensi
- ^ "Orbital Successfully Launches First Minotaur IV Rocket for U.S. Air Force" (Siaran pers). Orbital Sciences Corporation. April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Air Force Space Officials Prepare To Launch First Minotaur IV". Air Force News Service. April 16, 2010. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal July 29, 2012.
- ^ Graham, William (April 22, 2010). "First Minotaur IV launches with Hypersonic Test Vehicle". NASAspaceflight.com.
- ^ a b Schaub, Michael B.; Schwartz, Patrick C. "Launches". Mission Set Database. NASA/Honeywell-TSI. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-07-20. Diakses tanggal 23 April 2010.
- ^ Hope, Dan. "DARPA Readies Hypersonic Aircraft for Mach 20 Launch Test". Diakses tanggal 10 Aug 2011.
Pranala luar
- FASTRAC Ready To Go Into Space Diarsipkan 2011-10-04 di Wayback Machine.
- Alaskan Aerospace Corp official website
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