Orion 50 XLT
Orion 50 XLT is an active, production, vectorable solid upper-stage motor variant in Northrop Grumman's Orion family. Northrop's current propulsion catalog assigns the thicker-skirt XLT to Taurus XL and Minotaur-C applications and lists a 50.2-inch diameter, 390.8-inch length, 69.0-second burn time, and production status. AeroVia preserves the exact Minotaur-C third-stage installation here; other Taurus XL or vehicle branches are not inferred.
Identity
- Aliases
- Orion 50 XLT50 XLTOrion 50-XLT
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Orion 50 XLT
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Orion 50 XLT is an active, production, vectorable solid upper-stage motor variant in Northrop Grumman's Orion family. Northrop's current propulsion catalog assigns the thicker-skirt XLT to Taurus XL and Minotaur-C applications and lists a 50.2-inch diameter, 390.8-inch length, 69.0-second burn time, and production status. AeroVia preserves the exact Minotaur-C third-stage installation here; other Taurus XL or vehicle branches are not inferred.
- Developers
- Family
- Length M
- 9.92632
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- solid propellant
- Rocket Specs
- Burn Time S
- 69
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:22:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:23:11 UTC
Other
- Diameter M
- 1.27508
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- Northrop's Orion vehicle-application table assigns Orion 50 XLT to the second stage of Taurus XL/Minotaur-C and explains the XLT thicker-skirt designation.
- Publisher
- Northrop Grumman
- Title
- Propulsion Products Catalog
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- Northrop identifies Minotaur as its launch-vehicle family and describes the commercial Minotaur-C heritage from Taurus launch systems.
- Publisher
- Northrop Grumman
- Title
- Minotaur