Minotaur V
Minotaur V is the active five-stage high-energy derivative of Minotaur IV. Its three Peacekeeper lower stages are followed by commercial STAR 48BV and STAR 37 upper stages, enabling small spacecraft missions to geosynchronous-transfer, lunar, and other high-energy trajectories; its first flight launched NASA’s LADEE lunar mission.
Identity
- Aliases
- Minotaur 5High Energy Space Launch Vehicle
- Family Name
- Minotaur
- Full Name
- Minotaur V
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- minotaur-v
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- V
Details
- Description
- Minotaur V is the active five-stage high-energy derivative of Minotaur IV. Its three Peacekeeper lower stages are followed by commercial STAR 48BV and STAR 37 upper stages, enabling small spacecraft missions to geosynchronous-transfer, lunar, and other high-energy trajectories; its first flight launched NASA’s LADEE lunar mission.
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- SR118
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- SR119
- Placement
- upper
- Count
- 1
- Name
- SR120
- Placement
- upper
- Count
- 1
- Name
- STAR 48BV
- Placement
- upper
- Count
- 1
- Name
- STAR 37
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,013
- Manufacturer Id
- jd721nj3rrbc9hy6hqxftvxatn7kpgtd
- Operator Id
- jd721nj3rrbc9hy6hqxftvxatn7kpgtd
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7pmqjmj1efbj810scav677bn8af7x1
- Stages Count
- 5
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_V
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:55:43 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:55:43 AM