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Orion solid rocket motor family

Northrop Grumman's Orion solid rocket motor family is a family of flight-proven solid motors used across Pegasus, Taurus, Taurus XL, Minotaur, Minotaur-C, and related launch-vehicle applications. The current propulsion catalog covers Orion 38, Orion 50, Orion 50 XL, Orion 50S, Orion 50S XL, Orion 50S XLT, Orion 50S XLG, Orion 50ST, and Orion 50T; the seeded child records preserve exact model and vehicle-configuration boundaries for the variants represented in AeroVia. Northrop Grumman describes Orion motors as vectorable or fixed-nozzle products with continued target-vehicle and launch applications, while model-specific lifecycle status, specifications, lineage, and installations remain on the exact child records.

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OrionOrion solid rocket motor familyNorthrop Grumman Orion motor familyOrion solid motor
Domains
spaceflight
Identity Level
family
Kind
solid-rocket-motor
Name
Orion solid rocket motor family
Status
active

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Description
Northrop Grumman's Orion solid rocket motor family is a family of flight-proven solid motors used across Pegasus, Taurus, Taurus XL, Minotaur, Minotaur-C, and related launch-vehicle applications. The current propulsion catalog covers Orion 38, Orion 50, Orion 50 XL, Orion 50S, Orion 50S XL, Orion 50S XLT, Orion 50S XLG, Orion 50ST, and Orion 50T; the seeded child records preserve exact model and vehicle-configuration boundaries for the variants represented in AeroVia. Northrop Grumman describes Orion motors as vectorable or fixed-nozzle products with continued target-vehicle and launch applications, while model-specific lifecycle status, specifications, lineage, and installations remain on the exact child records.
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Propellants
solid propellant

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Creation Time
July 29, 2026 at 09:12:53 UTC
Updated Time
August 22, 2026 at 09:18:49 UTC

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Orion solid rocket motor family - AeroVia