Orion 50 XLT
Exact thicker-skirt Orion second/upper-stage solid motor used on Taurus XL and Minotaur-C.
Identity
- Aliases
- Orion 50 XLT50 XLTOrion 50-XLT
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Orion 50 XLT
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- Exact thicker-skirt Orion second/upper-stage solid motor used on Taurus XL and Minotaur-C.
- Developers
- Family
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- solid propellant
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:22:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:22:54 UTC
Other
- 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