First Minotaur IV Launch from Cape Canaveral lifts ORS-5 Space Surveillance Satellite
Video from the channel Spaceflight101 about Minotaur IV, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:56. Language: English. Video type: Launch.
A Minotaur IV lifts off with the ORS-5 satellite for the US Air Force. The recording follows the first four minutes of flight with the mission control commentary.
It announces the passage through Mach 3 with a maximum first-stage thrust of 534,000 pounds, the maximum second-stage thrust, about 330,000 pounds around T+85 s, its shutdown around 115 s followed by a 10-second coast phase, third-stage ignition, and fairing separation.
The video ends with third-stage shutdown and the guidance solution already computed; fourth-stage ignition is scheduled for T+831 s.