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Taurus
Taurus
Taurus
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation
American all-solid pad-launched launch vehicle using Pegasus upper stages and Castor-120 first stage. Later developed into a series of target missiles for anti-ballistic missile system tests. Addition of a liquid propellant first stage using 40-year old surplus engines from the Russian N1 moon program resulted in a vehicle for robotic resupply of the International Space Station.

Status: Active. First Launch: 1989-12-21. Last Launch: 1989-12-21. Number: 1 . Payload: 1,363 kg (3,004 lb). Thrust: 1,286.40 kN (289,194 lbf). Gross mass: 73,030 kg (161,000 lb). Height: 27.90 m (91.50 ft). Diameter: 2.36 m (7.74 ft). Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

First launch used slightly larger Peacekeeper ICBM first stage instead of Castor-120.

LEO Payload: 1,363 kg (3,004 lb) to a 185 km orbit at 28.50 degrees. Payload: 431 kg (950 lb) to a GTO. Launch Price $: 20.000 million in 1999 dollars.

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ARPA Taurus American all-solid orbital launch vehicle. Four stage version consisting of 1 x TU-904 + 1 x Orion 50 + 1 x Orion 50 + 1 x Orion 38

Taurus 1110 American all-solid orbital launch vehicle.

Taurus 2110 American all-solid orbital launch vehicle.

Taurus 2210 American all-solid orbital launch vehicle.

Taurus 3110 American all-solid propellant orbital launch vehicle.

Taurus 3210 American all-solid orbital launch vehicle.

Family: all-solid, orbital launch vehicle, anti-ballistic target. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Leostar, Leostar-1, DARPASAT, TAOS, Microstar, TiPS, TOMS-EP, Celestis, GFO, STEX, ROCSAT, ACRIMSAT, KOMPSAT, MTI, Orbview, SBD, Cubesat. Launch Sites: Wallops Island, Vandenberg, Vandenberg 576E. Stages: Castor 120, Pegasus-1, Pegasus-2, Pegasus-3. Agency: OSC. Bibliography: 2, 276, 279, 41, 552, 554, 6.
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1989 December 21 - . 20:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Taurus.
1994 March 13 - . 22:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: ARPA Taurus.
1998 February 10 - . 13:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 2210.
1998 October 3 - . 10:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: ARPA Taurus.
1999 December 21 - . 07:13 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 2110.
2000 March 12 - . 09:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 1110.
2001 September 21 - . 18:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 2110. FAILURE: A problem a few seconds after first stage separation caused the rocket to go off course; it recovered and the remainder of the stages fired, but final cutoff velocity was too low to reach a sustainable orbit.. Failed Stage: G.
2004 May 20 - . 17:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 3210.
2009 February 24 - . 09:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 3110. FAILURE: Payload fairing did not separate..
2011 March 4 - . 10:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 3110. FAILURE: Fairing failed to separate..
2017 October 31 - . 21:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576E. LV Family: Taurus. Launch Vehicle: Taurus 3210.

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