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nilstycho | 4 months ago
1. 2024-125H — Firefly Alpha FLTA005 Stage 2, launching demo cubesats for NASA
2. 2025-077C — Orbital Minotaur IV (8) Stage 4 (Orion 38), launching a few spy satellites
Fun fact: the first stage of the latter rocket was manufactured in 1966.
dan000892|4 months ago
Was it? Minotaurs repurposed components of Peacekeeper missiles. Development of the SR118 first stage motor—reused as the first stage on Minotaur IV—didn’t start until 1978. [1, pg16]
[1]: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20120016230/downloads/20...
nilstycho|4 months ago
[1]: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/15/three-nro-satellites-l...