Minotaur-C Commercial Launch Vehicle
Minotaur-C is Northrop Grumman’s upgraded commercial continuation of Taurus XL. The four-stage all-solid vehicle combines a Castor 120 first stage with Orion upper stages and configurable fairings for small satellites to low Earth and Sun-synchronous orbits.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Minotaur CMinotaur CommercialTaurus XL (renamed)
- Family Name
- Minotaur-C
- Full Name
- Minotaur-C Commercial Launch Vehicle
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Minotaur-C
Details
- Description
- Minotaur-C is Northrop Grumman’s upgraded commercial continuation of Taurus XL. The four-stage all-solid vehicle combines a Castor 120 first stage with Orion upper stages and configurable fairings for small satellites to low Earth and Sun-synchronous orbits.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 2.36
- Height M
- 32
- First Flight Year
- 2,017
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Minotaur-C four-stage commercial configuration
- Notes
- Northrop's exact Taurus XL/Minotaur-C motor application: CASTOR 120 first stage, Orion 50S XLT second stage, Orion 50 XLT third stage, and Orion 38 fourth stage. This remains distinct from Minotaur I/IV/V/VI government-furnished lower-stage stacks and from the unconfigured Minotaur parent family.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 77,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 1,458
- Sso
- 1,054
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur-C
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 11:06:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 16:23:12 UTC
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