Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 7:33 PM (your time) · Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
About NROL-174
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Orbital Attempt
#6,928
NGSS Mission
#15
Pad Launch
#9
Location Launch
#801
Designator
2025-077
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.
Length
23.9 m
Diameter
2.35 m
Launch Mass
86 t
Thrust
2,200 kN
Capacity
1,735 kg
Capacity
0 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2010
Fastest Turnaround
11mo 25d
Total Launches
5
Successful
5
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Sep 26, 2010
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.
Founded
2015
Administrator
CEO: Kathy Warden
Total Launches
17
Successful
17
Failed
0
Pending
1
Consecutive Success
17
Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8), is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It is used by Minotaur rockets. It was originally part of the California Spaceport, and was known as the Commercial Launch Facility (CLF) or Space Launch Facility (SLF).
Total Launches
10
Orbital Attempts
10
Fastest Turnaround
25d 21h
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.
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Local Launch Time
Apr 16, 2025, 12:33 PM
Total Launches
919
Total Landings
37
Coordinates
34.7513, -120.5202
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