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Minotaur Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 20 every launch of the Minotaur, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

20 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2026-04-07STP-S29A2026-074Minotaur IVNGISVandenberg SFB9 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2025-04-16NROL-174 Asterion2025-077Minotaur IVNGISVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
2021-06-15NROL-1112021-052Minotaur INGIS FSGWallops (MARS)1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2020-07-15NROL-1292020-046Minotaur IVNGISWallops (MARS)3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2017-08-26ORS-52017-050Minotaur IV 2OATK FSGCanaveral1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2013-11-20ORS-32013-064Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2013-09-07LADEE2013-047Minotaur VOSC ChandlerWallops (MARS)—HEOsuccess
2011-09-27TacSat-42011-052Minotaur IV+OSCC/RSLPKodiak1 payload ↗MEOsuccess
2011-06-30ORS-12011-029Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2011-02-06USA 2252011-006Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
2010-11-20STP-SIV2010-062Minotaur IV HSMC/RSLPKodiak5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2010-09-26SBSS Block 102010-048Minotaur IVSMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2009-05-19Tacsat 32009-028Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2007-04-24NFIRE2007-014Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2006-12-16Tacsat-22006-058Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2006-04-15COSMIC2006-011Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2005-09-23Streak (STP-R1)2005-037Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
2005-04-11USA 165 (XSS-11)2005-011Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2000-07-19Mightysat 2.12000-042Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
2000-01-27JAWSAT2000-004Minotaur ISMC/RSLPVandenberg SFB11 payloads ↗LEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (20 launches)
STP-S29A (2026-04-07)NROL-174 Asterion (2025-04-16)NROL-111 (2021-06-15)NROL-129 (2020-07-15)ORS-5 (2017-08-26)ORS-3 (2013-11-20)LADEE (2013-09-07)TacSat-4 (2011-09-27)ORS-1 (2011-06-30)USA 225 (2011-02-06)STP-SIV (2010-11-20)SBSS Block 10 (2010-09-26)Tacsat 3 (2009-05-19)NFIRE (2007-04-24)Tacsat-2 (2006-12-16)COSMIC (2006-04-15)Streak (STP-R1) (2005-09-23)USA 165 (XSS-11) (2005-04-11)Mightysat 2.1 (2000-07-19)JAWSAT (2000-01-27)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.