{"id":"17b411a8-a3d6-46f3-8596-28caccac62bc","url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/17b411a8-a3d6-46f3-8596-28caccac62bc/?format=json","launch_library_id":726,"slug":"minotaur-iv-tacsat-4","name":"Minotaur IV+ | TacSat-4","status":{"id":3,"name":"Success"},"net":"2011-09-27T15:49:00Z","window_end":"2011-09-27T15:49:00Z","window_start":"2011-09-27T15:49:00Z","inhold":false,"tbdtime":false,"tbddate":false,"probability":null,"holdreason":"","failreason":null,"hashtag":null,"launch_service_provider":{"id":100,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=json","name":"Orbital Sciences Corporation","featured":false,"type":"Commercial","country_code":"USA","abbrev":"OSC","description":"","administrator":null,"founding_year":null,"launchers":"","spacecraft":"","launch_library_url":null,"total_launch_count":72,"consecutive_successful_launches":0,"successful_launches":65,"failed_launches":7,"pending_launches":0,"consecutive_successful_landings":0,"successful_landings":0,"failed_landings":0,"attempted_landings":0,"info_url":"https://www.orbital.com/","wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation","logo_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png","image_url":null,"nation_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png"},"rocket":{"id":1555,"configuration":{"id":85,"launch_library_id":110,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/85/?format=json","name":"Minotaur IV","description":"The Minotaur IV+ launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. It is similar to the Minotaur IV, but uses a larger Star-48V upper stage in place of the Orion-38 used on the baseline Minotaur IV.","family":"Minotaur","full_name":"Minotaur IV+","manufacturer":{"id":100,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=json","name":"Orbital Sciences Corporation","featured":false,"type":"Commercial","country_code":"USA","abbrev":"OSC","description":"","administrator":null,"founding_year":null,"launchers":"","spacecraft":"","launch_library_url":null,"total_launch_count":72,"consecutive_successful_launches":0,"successful_launches":65,"failed_launches":7,"pending_launches":0,"consecutive_successful_landings":0,"successful_landings":0,"failed_landings":0,"attempted_landings":0,"info_url":"https://www.orbital.com/","wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation","logo_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png","image_url":null,"nation_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png"},"program":[],"variant":"+","alias":"Peacekeeper SLV","min_stage":4,"max_stage":4,"length":23.9,"diameter":2.35,"maiden_flight":"2011-09-27","launch_mass":86,"leo_capacity":1950,"gto_capacity":0,"to_thrust":2200,"apogee":500,"vehicle_range":null,"image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur2520iv_image_20190222030607.jpeg","info_url":null,"wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_IV","total_launch_count":1,"consecutive_successful_launches":1,"successful_launches":1,"failed_launches":0,"pending_launches":0},"launcher_stage":[],"spacecraft_stage":null},"mission":null,"pad":{"id":57,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/57/?format=json","agency_id":null,"name":"Launch Pad 1","info_url":null,"wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Spaceport_Complex_%E2%80%93_Alaska","map_url":"https://www.google.com/maps?q=57.435833,-152.337778","latitude":"57.435833","longitude":"-152.337778","location":{"id":25,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/25/?format=json","name":"Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA","country_code":"USA","map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_25_20200803142500.jpg","total_launch_count":9,"total_landing_count":0},"map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_57_20200803143509.jpg","total_launch_count":3},"infoURLs":[{"priority":0,"title":"Orbital Minotaur IV launches with TacSat-4","description":"An Orbital Minotaur IV+ rocket has launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on Tuesday, carrying an experimental communications satellite for the United States Navy and Operationally Responsive Space Office. Liftoff was on schedule at 15:49 UTC (07:49 local time).\n\nTacSat-4 is the third in a series of e...","feature_image":null,"url":"https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/orbital-minotaur-launch-tacsat4/"}],"vidURLs":[{"priority":0,"title":"Sunrise launch for TacSat-4","description":"Spaceflight Now's camera captures the spectacular sunrise launch of TacSat-4 aboard a Minotaur rocket from Kodiak Island, Alaska.","feature_image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiZaAqPL1As/maxresdefault.jpg","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZaAqPL1As"}],"webcast_live":false,"image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur2520iv_image_20190222030607.jpeg","infographic":null,"program":[],"orbital_launch_attempt_count":5161,"location_launch_attempt_count":3,"pad_launch_attempt_count":3,"agency_launch_attempt_count":63,"orbital_launch_attempt_count_year":55,"location_launch_attempt_count_year":1,"pad_launch_attempt_count_year":1,"agency_launch_attempt_count_year":4}