Taurus rocket

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The Taurus rocket is a small, solid-fueled American launch vehicle designed primarily to place satellites into low Earth orbit.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Minotaur-C 2
Taurus XL 1
Taurus launch vehicle 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
solid-fueled rocket ⓘ
alternativeName Taurus I ⓘ
linked to: Taurus II

Taurus II (early name for Antares) ⓘ
linked to: Taurus II

Taurus XL ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
derivedFrom Pegasus rocket ⓘ
designedForOrbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
designGoal low-cost small satellite access to orbit ⓘ
failureCause payload fairing separation failure ⓘ
fairingType payload fairing ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1994-03-13 ⓘ
firstFlightMission Taurus 001 ⓘ
linked to: Taurus II
firstLaunchCountry United States ⓘ
firstLaunchSite Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
firstStage Peacekeeper ICBM stage ⓘ
linked to: Peacekeeper ICBM
firstStageType solid rocket motor ⓘ
fuelType solid propellant ⓘ
laterManufacturer Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems ⓘ
linked to: Northrop Grumman

Orbital ATK ⓘ
launchCapability polar orbit launches ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit launches ⓘ
launchConfiguration ground-launched version of Pegasus ⓘ
launchEra 1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
launchMethod ground launch from fixed pad ⓘ
launchServiceProvider Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Kodiak Launch Complex ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
Wallops Flight Facility ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily Minotaur family ⓘ
Pegasus family ⓘ
manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
marketSegment commercial launches ⓘ
government launches ⓘ
notableFailure Glory mission loss in 2011 ⓘ
OCO mission loss in 2009 ⓘ
numberOfStages 4 ⓘ
operator Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
primaryUse satellite launch ⓘ
propulsionType solid rocket motors ⓘ
retirementReason multiple launch failures ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Minotaur-C ⓘ
linked to: Minotaur IV
typicalOrbit sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
typicalPayloadClass small satellites ⓘ
upperStages Pegasus rocket stages ⓘ
usesComponentFrom LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM ⓘ
linked to: Peacekeeper ICBM

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Launch Complex 3 → launchVehicle → Minotaur-C ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket
ATK Launch Systems → providedComponentFor → Taurus launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket
Minotaur rocket family → hasVariant → Minotaur-C ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket
David W. Thompson → workedOn → Taurus launch vehicle program ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket
Taurus rocket → alternativeName → Taurus XL ⓘ
linked to: Taurus rocket