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Northrop Grumman Space SystemsLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretMinotaur IV
Launched 2025-04-16 19:33 UTCSpace Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
79th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 8
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
5157 d 9 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
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Launch success
SwGustav
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Apparent liftoff
SwGustav
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April 16.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
23.9m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
1,735kg
Liftoff thrust
2,200kN
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