Taurus-1110

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Taurus-1110 (STEP 0, DARPASAT)
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The Taurus has been created by adding the stages of Pegasus (without wing and fins) to a Peacekeeper first stage or a Castor-120. It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

The coding of variants is as below:
1. digit = first stage (1 = TU-903; 2 = Castor-120, 3 = Castor-120 + XL Upperstages)
2. digit = size of fairing (1 = small, 2 = large)
3. digit = type of Stage 4 (1 = Orion-38, 3 = Star-37FM)
4. digit = type of optional Stage 5 (0 = none)

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Version	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus)	TU-903	Orion-50ST	Orion-50T	Orion-38

Performance (kg)	LEO	LPEO	SSO	GTO	GEO	MolO	IP
Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus)	1400	1160		370	-

No:             Type           Date          LS              Payload

 1   1   T-1    Taurus-1110    13.03.1994    Va 576E         STEP 0 (P90-5, USA 101) / DARPASAT (USA 102)
 3   2   T-3    Taurus-1110    03.10.1998    Va 576E         STEX (USA 140) / ATEx-UEB / ATEx-LEB
 5   3   T-5    Taurus-1110    13.03.2000    Va 576E         MTI (P97-3)