Taurus ARPA / Air Force Configuration
The Taurus ARPA / Air Force configuration was the government-sponsored, Peacekeeper-motor form of Orbital Sciences' ground-launched Taurus. It flew three successful missions from Vandenberg: the 1994 STEP-0/DARPASAT demonstration, the 1998 STEX mission, and the 2000 Multispectral Thermal Imager mission.
Identity
- Aliases
- Taurus ARPAARPA TaurusAir Force Taurus ConfigurationTaurus 1110Taurus Demonstration Configuration
- Family Name
- Taurus
- Full Name
- Taurus ARPA / Air Force Configuration
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- taurus-arpa-air-force-configuration
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- ARPA / Air Force configuration
Details
- Description
- The Taurus ARPA / Air Force configuration was the government-sponsored, Peacekeeper-motor form of Orbital Sciences' ground-launched Taurus. It flew three successful missions from Vandenberg: the 1994 STEP-0/DARPASAT demonstration, the 1998 STEX mission, and the 2000 Multispectral Thermal Imager mission.
- First Flight Year
- 1,994
- Last Flight Year
- 2,000
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Stages Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur-C#Taurus
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 11:06:31 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 11:04:52 UTC