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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Minotaur CMinotaur CommercialTaurus XL (renamed)
- Family Name
- Minotaur-C
- Full Name
- Minotaur-C Commercial Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 2.36
- First Flight Year
- 2,017
- Height M
- 32
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 77,000
- Manufacturer Id
- jd721nj3rrbc9hy6hqxftvxatn7kpgtd
- Operator Id
- jd721nj3rrbc9hy6hqxftvxatn7kpgtd
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7qc24wv7frm2jfsk6z7z3n4x8afjk0
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 1,458
- Sso
- 1,054
- Stages Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur-C
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:06:40 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:06:40 AM