Orion 50S XLT
Exact thicker-skirt Orion first-stage solid motor used on Taurus XL and Minotaur-C.
Identity
- Aliases
- Orion 50S XLT50S XLTOrion 50S-XLT
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Orion 50S XLT
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- Exact thicker-skirt Orion first-stage solid motor used on Taurus XL and Minotaur-C.
- Developers
- Family
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- solid propellant
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:22:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:22:51 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- Northrop's Orion vehicle-application table assigns Orion 50S XLT to the first 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