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Straton Builds Parts for Minotaur IV ORS-5

Straton Industries produced several components for the recent Minotaur IV Rocket launch deploying the U.S. Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) satellite.

The ORS-5 launch was the sixth Minotaur IV flight. The Minotaur IV is capable of launching payloads up to 4,000 lbs. (or 1,800 kg.) to low-Earth orbit. This mission’s Minotaur IV configuration included three decommissioned Peacekeeper stages, an Orion 38 solid-fuel upper stage and an additional Orion 38 insertion stage for the payload. The Minotaur rockets are manufactured at Orbital ATK’s facilities in Chandler, Arizona; Vandenberg, California; and Clearfield and Magna, Utah.

Straton is proud to have had a part in this historic mission.