Minotaur IV launches ORS-5 Satellite
Video from the channel SciNews about Minotaur IV, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:08. Language: English. Video type: Launch.
The video captures the launch of a Minotaur IV carrying the ORS-5 satellite for the US Air Force, picking up in the final seconds of the countdown.
Mission control's commentary tracks the ascent: the first stage produces about 534,000 pounds of maximum thrust, and at T+85 seconds the second stage reaches about 330,000. The second stage shuts down around 115 seconds and, after a brief ballistic phase, separates as the third stage ignites.
The footage ends with the third stage burning, engine pressure nominal, and the flight on track.