Taurus-1110
(STEP 0, DARPASAT)
[OSC]
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 upper stages)
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)
→ complete list of all Taurus flights
→ complete list of all Peacekeeper /
Castor-120 based rockets
Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
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Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus) / Minotaur-C-1110 | TU-903 | Orion-50ST | Orion-50T | Orion-38 |
Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus) / Minotaur-C-1110 | 1400 | 1160 | 370 | - |
No: Type Ser Date LS Payload
1 1 Taurus-1110 T-1 13.03.1994 Va 576E STEP 0 (P90-5, USA 101) / DARPASAT (USA 102) 3 2 Taurus-1110 T-3 03.10.1998 Va 576E STEX (USA 140) / ATEx-UEB / ATEx-LEB 5 3 Taurus-1110 T-5 13.03.2000 Va 576E MTI (P97-3) Launch sites: Va = Vandenberg AFB, California, USA/ 576E