Rocket file · LV-85
Minotaur IV+
Minotaur IV+ is an expendable launch vehicle built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It stands 23.9 m tall, lifts 1,950 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 27 September 2011. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Minotaur IV
The Minotaur IV+ launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. It is similar to the Minotaur IV, but uses a larger Star-48V upper stage in place of the Orion-38 used on the baseline Minotaur IV.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
There's no Minotaur IV flight on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
All upcoming launchesMinotaur IV+ in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Minotaur IV+ flown?
- 1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Minotaur IV+'s success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- When is the next Minotaur IV+ launch?
- Minotaur IV+ has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
- How much can Minotaur IV+ lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Minotaur IV+ at 1,950 kg to low Earth orbit.
- Is Minotaur IV+ reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Minotaur IV+ as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.