Minotaur IV | NROL-174
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Apr 16, 2025, 7:00 PM
Status: Go for Launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Government/Top Secret
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.
NROL-174
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Minotaur IV
The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pad: Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
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