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Peacekeeper / Castor-120 Family
Peacekeeper [USAF] |
 Taurus-1110 (STEP 0, DARPASAT) [OSC]
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 Taurus-2220 (GFO, Orbcomm FM3, 4) [OSC]
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 Launch of GemStar 1 (Athena-1) [Lockheed Martin] |
 Lunar Prospector launch preparations (Athena 2) [NASA]
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 Minotaur-4 (SBSS 1) [OSC] |
 ATB [NASA] |
AirLaunch |
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| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirLaunch | 3000 | - | |||||
| Athena-1 (LMLV-1) | 795 | 515 | - | - | |||
| Athena-2 (LMLV-2) | 1985 | 1490 | 593 | - | |||
| Athena-3 (LMLV-3) | 3655 | 2855 | 1136 | - | |||
| Minotaur-4 | 1700 | 1170 | - | - | |||
| Minotaur-4 HAPS | - | - | |||||
| Minotaur-4+ | - | - | |||||
| Minotaur-5 (1) | 614 | ||||||
| Minotaur-5 (2) | 710 | ||||||
| Minotaur-6 | 2350 | 2300 | |||||
| Minotaur-6+ | 2350 | 2600 | 866 | ||||
| Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus) / Minotaur-C-1110 | 1180 | 1160 | 750 | 370 | - | ||
| Taurus-2110 (Commercial-Taurus) / Minotaur-C-2110 | 1250 | 1180 | 900 | 375 | - | ||
| Taurus-2210 (Commercial-Taurus) / Minotaur-C-2210 | 1050 | 1180 | 700 | - | |||
| Taurus-3110 (Taurus-XL) / Minotaur-C-XL-3110 (Minotaur-C-XL) | 1450 | 1050 | 445 | - | 295 | ||
| Taurus-3210 (Taurus-XL) / Minotaur-C-XL-3210 (Minotaur-C-XL) | 1275 | 925 | 880 | - | 295 | ||
| Taurus-XL/S | 2180 | 1750 | 640 | - | 380 |
Nr Vehicle Serial Date LS Subor Suc Payload
1 1 Peacekeeper FTM-1 17.06.1983 Va TP-01 * - 2 2 Peacekeeper FTM-2 14.10.1983 Va TP-01 * - 3 3 Peacekeeper FTM-3 20.12.1983 Va TP-01 * - 4 4 Peacekeeper FTM-4 30.03.1984 Va TP-01 * - 5 5 Peacekeeper FTM-5 15.06.1984 Va TP-01 * - 6 6 Peacekeeper FTM-6 01.10.1984 Va TP-01 * - 7 7 Peacekeeper FTM-7 01.02.1985 Va TP-01 * - 8 8 Peacekeeper FTM-8 03.06.1985 Va TP-01 * - 9 9 Peacekeeper FTM-9 24.08.1985 Va LF-08 * - 10 10 Peacekeeper FTM-10 13.11.1985 Va LF-08 * - 11 11 Peacekeeper FTM-11 07.03.1986 Va LF-08 * - 12 12 Peacekeeper FTM-12 21.05.1986 Va LF-08 * - 13 13 Peacekeeper FTM-15 23.08.1986 Va LF-02 * - 14 14 Peacekeeper FTM-13 18.09.1986 Va LF-08 * - 15 15 Peacekeeper FTM-14 05.12.1986 Va LF-08 * - 16 16 Peacekeeper FTM-16 13.02.1987 Va LF-08 * - 17 17 Peacekeeper FTM-17 21.03.1987 Va LF-08 * - 18 18 Peacekeeper FTM-18 19.03.1989 Va LF-08 * - 19 19 Peacekeeper 01PA 14.09.1989 Va LF-02 * - 20 20 Peacekeeper 02PA 08.03.1990 Va LF-05 * - 21 21 Peacekeeper 03PA 16.05.1990 Va LF-08 * - 22 22 Peacekeeper 04PA 13.09.1990 Va LF-05 * - 23 23 Peacekeeper 05PA 12.03.1991 Va LF-02 * - 24 24 Peacekeeper 06PA 11.06.1991 Va LF-08 * - 25 25 Peacekeeper 07PA 17.09.1991 Va LF-02 * - 26 26 Peacekeeper 08PA 04.03.1992 Va LF-05 * - 27 27 Peacekeeper 09PA 01.07.1992 Va LF-02 * - 28 28 Peacekeeper 10PA 16.09.1992 Va LF-05 * - 29 29 Peacekeeper 11PA 02.03.1993 Va LF-02 * - 30 30 Peacekeeper 12PA 14.07.1993 Va LF-05 * - 31 31 Peacekeeper 13PA 15.09.1993 Va LF-02 * - 33 32 Peacekeeper 14PA 08.03.1994 Va LF-05 * - 32 1 Taurus-1110 T-1 13.03.1994 Va 576E STEP 0 (P90-5, USA 101) / DARPASAT (USA 102) 34 33 Peacekeeper 15PA 17.05.1994 Va LF-02 * - 35 34 Peacekeeper 16PA 07.09.1994 Va LF-05 * - 36 35 Peacekeeper 17PA 19.01.1995 Va LF-02 * - 37 36 Peacekeeper 18PA 14.06.1995 Va LF-05 * - 38 1 LLV-1 (Athena-1) DLV 15.08.1995 Va SLC-6 F GemStar 1 (VitaSat 1) 39 37 Peacekeeper 19PA 30.08.1995 Va LF-02 * - 40 38 Peacekeeper 20PA 08.05.1996 Va LF-05 * - 41 39 Peacekeeper 21PA 30.05.1996 Va LF-02 * - 42 40 Peacekeeper 22PA 11.09.1996 Va LF-05 * - 43 41 Peacekeeper 23PA 06.11.1996 Va LF-02 * - 44 42 Peacekeeper 24PA 08.05.1997 Va LF-05 * 9 Mk.21 RV 45 2 LMLV-1 (Athena-1) LM-2 23.08.1997 Va SLC-6 Lewis (SSTI 1) 46 43 Peacekeeper 25PA 17.09.1997 Va LF-05 * 7 Mk.21 RV 47 44 Peacekeeper 26PA 05.11.1997 Va LF-02 * 8 Mk.21 RV 48 1 Athena-2 LM-4 07.01.1998 CC SLC-46 Lunar Prospector (Discovery 3) [Star-Stage-3700S] 49 1 Taurus-2210 T-2 10.02.1998 Va 576E GFO / Orbcomm FM03 / Orbcomm FM04 / Celestis 03 50 45 Peacekeeper 27PA 07.05.1998 Va LF-05 * 8 Mk.21 RV 51 2 Taurus-1110 T-3 03.10.1998 Va 576E STEX (USA 140) / ATEx-UEB / ATEx-LEB 52 3 Athena-1 LM-6 27.01.1999 CC SLC-46 ROCSAT 1 53 46 Peacekeeper 28PA 10.03.1999 Va LF-02 * 8 Mk.21 RV 54 2 Athena-2 LM-5 27.04.1999 Va SLC-6 F Ikonos (1) 55 3 Athena-2 LM-7 24.09.1999 Va SLC-6 Ikonos 1 56 1 Taurus-2110 T-4 21.12.1999 Va 576E KOMPSAT 1 (Arirang 1) / ACRIMSat / Celestis 04 57 47 Peacekeeper 29PA 08.03.2000 Va LF-05 * 8 Mk.21 RV 58 3 Taurus-1110 T-5 13.03.2000 Va 576E MTI (P97-3) 59 48 Peacekeeper 30PA 27.07.2001 Va LF-02 * F 9 Mk.21 RV 60 2 Taurus-2110 T-6 21.09.2001 Va 576E F OrbView 4 / QuikTOMS / SBD / Celestis 05 61 4 Athena-1 LM-1 30.09.2001 Kd LP-1 Starshine 3 / PICOSat (P97-1) / PCSat 1 / SAPPHIRE 62 49 Peacekeeper 31PA 03.06.2002 Va LF-02 * 9 Mk.21 RV 63 50 Peacekeeper 32PA 12.03.2003 Va LF-02 * 8 Mk.21 RV 64 1 Taurus-3210 T-7 20.05.2004 Va 576E ROCSAT 2 65 51 Peacekeeper 33PA 21.07.2004 Va LF-02 * 8 Mk.21 RV 66 1 Taurus-3110 T-8 24.02.2009 Va 576E F OCO (ESSP 5) 67 1 Minotaur-4-Lite 22.04.2010 Va SLC-8 * HTV 2a 68 1 Minotaur-4 26.09.2010 Va SLC-8 SBSS 1 (USA 216) 69 1 Minotaur-4 HAPS 20.11.2010 Kd LP-1 STPSat 2 / FASTRAC 1 / FASTRAC 2 / FalconSat 5 / FASTSat-HSV 01 / RAX 1 / O/OREOS / NanoSail-D2 / Ballast A / Ballast B 70 2 Taurus-3110 T-9 04.03.2011 Va 576E F Glory / E1P / KySat 1 / Hermes 71 2 Minotaur-4-Lite 11.08.2011 Va SLC-8 * HTV 2b 72 1 Minotaur-4+ 27.09.2011 Kd LP-1 TacSat 4 73 1 Minotaur-5 (1) 07.09.2013 WI LA-0B LADEE 74 1 Minotaur-4 Orion-38 26.08.2017 CC SLC-46 ORS 5 / DHFR / Prometheus 2.2 ? / Prometheus 2.4 ? 75 2 Minotaur-C-XL-3210 31.10.2017 Va 576E SkySat 8 / SkySat 9 / SkySat 10 / SkySat 11 / SkySat 12 / SkySat 13 / Flock-3m 1, ..., 4 76 1 ATB 02.07.2019 CC SLC-46 * Orion AA-2 77 2 Minotaur-4 15.07.2020 WI LA-0B USA 305, ..., 308 (NROL 129) Launch sites: CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAKd = Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Narrow Cape, Alaska, USA
