Orbital Suborbital Program ll (OSP-2) Minotaur IV Space Launch Vehicle (SLV) Set for Liftoff on DARPA Mission to Develop Hypersonic Technologies

Courtesy of Orbital Sciences Corporation

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Minotaur will carry the arrowhead-shaped Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2, built by Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency.

“Falcon HTV-2 is a joint effort between DARPA and the U.S. Air Force to develop hypersonic technologies that will provide the U.S. military with the capability to respond, with little or no advanced warning, to threats to our national security anywhere they might occur around the globe,” DARPA officials said in a written statement.

Click here for the full fact sheet on the Minotaur IV. The user guide is below the following picture.

Orbital Suborbital Program ll (OSP-2) Minotaur IV Space Launch Vehicle (SLV) User Guide by Orbital Sciences...