Vehicle family profile

Minuteman

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

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Variants

Canonical variants linked to this family.

Historical missions

Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.

Peak listed capacity

580 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.

Year	Historical missions	Forecast launches
2000	2	0
2005	2	0
2006	2	0
2007	1	0
2009	1	0
2011	2	0
2013	1	0
2021	1	0
2026	0	1
2027	0	1
2028	0	1
2029	0	1
2030	0	1
2031	0	1
2032	0	1
2033	0	1
2034	0	1

Performance Specs

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

Variant	Orbit	Capacity	Altitude	Inclination	Source
Minotaur I	LEO	580 kg	Unknown	Unknown	Manual Minotaur I public-performance fallback.
Minotaur I	SSO	331 kg	Unknown	Unknown	Minotaur I page plus Northrop Grumman Minotaur I User Guide

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

Mission	Variant	Launch
USA 316/317/318	Minotaur I	Jun 15, 2021
ORS-3/STPSAT-3	Minotaur I	Nov 20, 2013
ORS-1	Minotaur I	Jun 30, 2011
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Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

Variant	Stages	Missions	Status
Minotaur I	Not stated	12	active

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

Year	Location	Launches	Confidence	Basis
2026	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2027	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2028	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2029	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2030	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2031	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2032	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2033	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2034	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2035	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2036	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2037	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2038	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2039	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2040	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback.
2041	Vandenberg Space Force Base	1	20%	Editable low-confidence Minotaur I annual throughput fallback. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.

Vandenberg Space Force Base

2026 · 20% confidence