Orbital Minotaur-C - Manual

Small-Class
Overview
The Minotaur-C launch vehicle provides a cost-effective and reliable launch capability for satellites
weighing up to 3,500 pounds (1,590 kilograms). Minotaur-C is currently in production to support
U.S. Government and commercial customers. The versatility and flexibility of the Minotaur-C family of
vehicles provides the means to access space for a variety of payloads.
System Features
• Incorporates all solid propulsion stages and proven technologies to meet mission requirements
• Provides substantial payload performance into a variety of low inclination low-Earth orbit (LEO), polar
LEO, sun-synchronous LEO, geotransfer and interplanetary orbits
• Designed for easy transportability, rapid set-up and launch from austere launch sites
• Streamlined vehicle/payload integration and testing through simplified avionics interfaces and offline
payload encapsulation
• Compatible with the U.S. Air Force Western Range (WR), Eastern Range (ER), NASA’s Wallops Flight
Facility, Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) and Reagan Test Site (RTS)
• Flight-proven heritage with single and multiple payloads
Minotaur-C incorporates advanced
structural and avionics technology
proven on Pegasus
® and other
operational launch systems
FACTS AT A GLANCE
The Minotaur-C launch vehicle is a ground-
launched variant of Orbital’s highly successful
Pegasus
air-launched space booster.
Minotaur-C
Ground-Launched Space Launch Vehicle
LAUNCH
VEHICLE