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Minotaur-2 (OSP-TLV)
Minotaur-2 (OSP-TLV) [OSC]
The OSP (Orbital Suborbital Program) launch vehicles consits of components of retired Minuteman-2 missiles combined with new fabricated parts to create a low cost launch vehicle for modest orbital missions and sub orbital target delivery. Common for all versions are the M-55 and SR-19 first and second stages taken from the Minuteman-2. The Target Launch Vehicle features also a M-57A third stage of the original Minuteman-2 and is called Minotaur-2. The Satellite Launch Vehicle, also known as Minotaur-1, uses Orion-50XL and a Orion-38 Motors of Pegasus heritage as upper stages. Another version was to launch a experimental liquid fueled upper stage (USFE) on a suborbital trajectory. OSP vehicles are not commercially available
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minotaur-2 (OSP-TLV, NLGM-30F) | M-55 | SR-19-AJ-1 | M-57A |
Nr TypeNr Vehicle Serial Date LS Payload
823 1 Minotaur-2 TLV-D 28.05.2000 Va LF-06 * TLV-Demo 832 2 Minotaur-2 TLV-1 04.12.2001 Va LF-06 * IFT 7 Target 833 3 Minotaur-2 TLV-2 16.03.2002 Va LF-06 * IFT 8 Target 838 4 Minotaur-2 TLV-3 15.10.2002 Va LF-06 * IFT 9 Target 839 5 Minotaur-2 TLV-4 11.12.2002 Va LF-06 * IFT 10 Target 859 6 Minotaur-2 TLV-5 21.03.2007 Va LF-06 * SBX Target Launch sites: Va = Vandenberg AFB, California, USA* = suborbital
