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Minotaur V

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Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)

Sept. 7, 2013

Description

Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
5
Length
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
36.0 T
Thrust
1600.0 kN
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
500.0 km

Family

Name
Minotaur V
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Minotaur V

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
1735.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial

None

OSC

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Minotaur V | LADEE

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
September 07, 2013 - 03:27 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like "laddie") was a robotic mission that orbited the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.

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