A Minotaur IV rocket climbs away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday to deliver a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on Wednesday. Credit: Nora Wallace photo Bringing back ...

For the first time in nearly a decade and a half, a Minotaur has streaked through Californian skies. A Minotaur IV rocket lifted off from the Golden State's Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 16 ...

Flight Is the First of Up To Four Minotaur Launch Vehicle Missions Planned in 2005 (Dulles, VA 12 April 2005) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched the U.S ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully launched the first Minotaur IV rocket in support of the Defense Advanced ...

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The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, the United States Space Force and Northrop Grumman are marking the successful launch of a Minotaur I rocket carrying a national security payload for the ...

A test rocket exploded moments after being launched Vandenberg Space Force Base late Wednesday night. The Minotaur II+ rocket exploded about 11 seconds after it was launched from a Vandenberg test pad ...