Space Launch NowUpcoming Launches
All upcoming launchesLoading launches
Northrop Grumman Space SystemsLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretMinotaur I
Launched 2021-06-15 13:35 UTCLaunch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
55th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
3rd
launch this year
Launch Area 0 B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
334 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2015 · CEO Kathy Warden
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.
Launches
17
Successful
17
100%
Upcoming
1
scheduled
·
Launch success confirmed by the US Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center
Nosu
·
Now targeting 13:35 UTC
Nosu
·
Hold at T-minus 2 hours 30 minutes
Nosu
·
Targeting 11:00 UTC
Nosu
·
Launch window confirmed. Setting GO.
Nosu
·
Launch NET June 15. Launch time TBD.
Nosu
Height
19.2m
Diameter
1.7m
To low Earth orbit
580kg
Liftoff thrust
935kN
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Notifications before every launch you follow, live countdowns on your home screen and watch, and webcasts as they start.
HASTE | Leidos-4Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USATo be determinedNET 2026NETHASTE | Leidos-3Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USATo be determinedNET 2026