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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Minotaur

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
5
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
8
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
1,735 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
201020
201110
201310
201710
202010
202510
202612
202702
202802
202902
203002
203102
203202
203302
203402
203502
203602

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Minotaur IVLEO1,735 kgUnknownUnknownManual Minotaur IV public-performance fallback.

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
STP-S29AMinotaur IVApr 7, 2026
NROL-174Minotaur IVApr 16, 2025
NROL-129Minotaur IVJul 15, 2020
ORS-5 Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Minotaur IVNot stated4active
Minotaur IV+Not stated1retired
Minotaur IV 2Not stated1retired
Minotaur IV HNot stated1retired
203702
203802
203902
204002
204102

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2027Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2028Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2029Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2030Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2031Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2032Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2033Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2034Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2035Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2036Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2037Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2038Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2039Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2040Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.
2041Vandenberg Space Force Base220%Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.
Vandenberg Space Force Base
2026 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2027 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2028 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2029 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2030 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2031 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Minotaur IV 2
Aug 26, 2017
LADEE MissionMinotaur VSep 7, 2013
Tacsat-4Minotaur IV+Sep 27, 2011
STP S26Minotaur IV HNov 20, 2010
SBSSMinotaur IVSep 26, 2010

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Minotaur VNot stated1retired
Vandenberg Space Force Base
2032 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2033 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2034 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2035 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2036 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.

Vandenberg Space Force Base
2037 · 20% confidence
2

Editable low-confidence Minotaur IV annual throughput fallback.