Minotaur IV | NROL-174
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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NROL-174
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Minotaur IV
Height 23.90 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2200 kN
Diameter 2.35 Meters
Mass To LEO 1735 kg
Liftoff Mass 86 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2010-09-26
Launch Failures 0
Updates
SwGustav
2025-04-16T22:24:00+0000
Launch success
SwGustav
2025-04-16T19:48:00+0000
Apparent liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-15T03:59:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-10T06:22:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-09T17:16:00+0000
NET April 16.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-12T11:17:16+0000
Added launch.
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