Launch Detail
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Launch detail
Orbital Sciences Corporation • Minotaur IV • Space Launch Complex 8 (CA)
Orbital Sciences Corporation • Minotaur IV • SLC-8
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The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.
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