Minotaur IV+
Minotaur IV+ is the higher-performance four-stage Minotaur IV configuration, replacing the baseline Orion 38 fourth stage with a larger thrust-vectoring STAR 48BV. Its sole flight to date successfully launched TacSat-4 in 2011; the configuration remains part of the offered Peacekeeper-derived Minotaur family.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Minotaur IV Plus
- Family Name
- Minotaur
- Full Name
- Minotaur IV+
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- IV+
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- Description
- Minotaur IV+ is the higher-performance four-stage Minotaur IV configuration, replacing the baseline Orion 38 fourth stage with a larger thrust-vectoring STAR 48BV. Its sole flight to date successfully launched TacSat-4 in 2011; the configuration remains part of the offered Peacekeeper-derived Minotaur family.
- First Flight Year
- 2,011
- Last Flight Year
- 2,011
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- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
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- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 1,837
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 17, 2026 at 03:17:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:39:30 UTC
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