List of Minotaur rocket launches

This is a complete launch list for the Minotaur I through Minotaur V missiles . For the Minotaur-C - formerly Taurus - see Minotaur-C start list .

Start list

List updated: July 16, 2020

Run. No.	Date ( UTC )	Type	Launch site	payload	Type of payload	Payload in kg (gross¹)	Orbit²	Remarks
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2013 - 2017 - 2019 - 2020
2000
1	January 27, 2000	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	JAWSAT , FalconSat 1 , ASUSat , OCS , OPAL , Picosat 1 to 6	11 amateur radio satellites	> 220.2 kg	?	success
2	May 28, 2000	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	TLV demo	Test flight	?	Suborbital	success
3	July 19, 2000	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	Mightysat-2 , MEMS 2A, MEMS 2B	3 technology testing satellites	130.4 kg	?	success
2001
4th	4th December 2001	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	IFT-7 target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
2002
5	March 13, 2002	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	IFT-8 target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
6th	October 15, 2002	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	IFT-9 target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
7th	December 11, 2002	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	IFT-10 target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
2005
8th	April 11, 2005	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	XSS 11	Technology testing satellite	100 kg	?	success
9	September 23, 2005	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	Streak	Technology testing satellite	417 kg	?	success
2006
10	April 15, 2006	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	FORMOSAT-3 , LCT2	Constellation of 6 earth observation satellites, rocket stage for experimental communication	> 420 kg	?	success
11	December 16, 2006	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	Tacsat 2 , GeneSat-1	Technology testing satellite, Cubesat	374 kg	?	success
2007
12	March 21, 2007	Minotaur II	VAFB LF-06	SBX target	Anti-missile radar test	?	Suborbital	success
13	April 14, 2007	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	NFIRE	Missile Defense Program technology testing satellite	494 kg	?	success
14th	August 23, 2007	Minotaur II +	VAFB LF-06	NFIRE target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
2008
15th	September 23, 2008	Minotaur II +	VAFB LF-06	NFIRE target	Missile defense test	?	Suborbital	success
2009
16	May 19, 2009	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	Tacsat 3 , AeroCube-3 , PharmaSat-1 , HawkSat-I , Polysat -CP6	Technology testing satellite, CubeSats	?	LEO	success
2010
17th	April 22, 2010 11:00 PM	Minotaur IV-Lite	VAFB SLC-8	HTV-2a	Hypersonic ( Mach 19) test missile	?	Suborbital	success
18th	September 26, 2010 4:41 am	Minotaur IV	VAFB SLC-8	SSBS	Space surveillance	1031 kg	SSO	success
19th	November 20, 2010 1:25 AM	Minotaur IV HAPS, with Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System (HAPS) to reach a higher orbit	Kodiak LP-1	STPSat 2 , FASTSAT , FASTRAC-1 , FASTRAC-2 , FalconSat 5 , O / OREOS , RAX , NanoSail D2	Technology testing satellites	180 kg, 140 kg, 15 kg, 15 kg,?, 5 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg	LEO	success
2011
20th	February 6, 2011 12:26 PM	Minotaur I	VAFB SLC-8	NROL-66	Military satellite	?	SSO	success
21st	June 30, 2011 3:09 am	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	ORS 1	Reconnaissance satellite	?	?	success
22nd	August 11, 2011	Minotaur IV-Lite	VAFB SLC-8	HTV-2b	Hypersonic ( Mach 19) test missile	?	Suborbital	success
23	September 27, 2011 3:49 pm	Minotaur IV	Kodiak LP-1	TacSat 4	Technology testing satellite	450	LEO	success
2013
24	September 7, 2013 3:27 AM	Minotaur V	MARS Pad 0B	LADEE	Lunar probe	383 kg	Moon- Escape route	success first Minotaur V launch
25th	November 20, 2013 1:15 am	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	ORS-3 Mission : STPSat 3 , ORSES , ORS Tech 1 , ORS Tech 2 , SENSE 1 , SENSE 2 , Firefly , Ho'oponopono 2 , STARE B (Horus) , Prometheus 1 - 8 , Black Knight 1 , CAPE 2 , ChargerSat 1 , COPPER , DragonSat 1 , KySat 2 , NPS-SCAT , PhoneSat 2.4, TJ3Sat , SPA-1 Trailblazer , SwampSat , Vermont Lunar Cubesat	Military satellites, cube sats	400 kg	LEO	success
2017
26th	August 26, 2017 6:04 am	Minotaur IV	CCAFS SLC-46	ORS-5 3 small satellites	Reconnaissance satellite	140 kg	LEO LEO	First Minotaur launch from Florida Success
2019
27	2nd July 2019	ATB	CCAFS SLC-46	Orion - mock-up	Spaceship demonstrator		suborbital	success
2020
28	15th July 2020	Minotaur IV	MARS Pad 0B	NROL-129	Four military satellites			success

¹ gross weight = (satellites + adapter, housing, etc.)

² NOT necessarily the target orbit of the payload, but the path on which the payload from the upper stage is to be deployed.

Planned launches

List updated: July 16, 2020

Serial No.	Date ( UTC )	Type	Launch site	payload	Type of payload	Payload in kg (gross¹)	Orbit²	Remarks
	2nd quarter 2021	Minotaur I	MARS Pad 0B	NROL-111				planned
	End of 2021	Minotaur IV	MARS Pad 0B	NROL-174				planned

Individual evidence

↑ LADEE. NASA, April 16, 2010, accessed November 24, 2010 .
↑ Minotaur 1 payloads. Spaceflight Now, November 20, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
^ Student-built satellites, military payloads put in orbit. Spaceflight Now, November 20, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
↑ ORS 5 (SensorSat). Gunter's Space Page, August 26, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
↑ Orion abort system passes in-flight abort test. In: Spacenews. July 2, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Stephen Clark: Minotaur rocket successfully deploys four NRO satellites in orbit. Spaceflight Now, July 15, 2020, accessed on July 16, 2020 .

[1] LADEE. NASA, April 16, 2010, accessed November 24, 2010 .

[2] Minotaur 1 payloads. Spaceflight Now, November 20, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .

[3] Student-built satellites, military payloads put in orbit. Spaceflight Now, November 20, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .

[4] ORS 5 (SensorSat). Gunter's Space Page, August 26, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2017 .

[5] Orion abort system passes in-flight abort test. In: Spacenews. July 2, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .

[sfn_200715-6] Stephen Clark: Minotaur rocket successfully deploys four NRO satellites in orbit. Spaceflight Now, July 15, 2020, accessed on July 16, 2020 .