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Minotaur IV HAPS
🇺🇸Minotaur IV with HAPS High Altitude Precision Strike
1:110 Scale
H:21.7 cmD:1.5 cm
~23 bricks tall~2 studs wide
Maiden Launch2010-11-20
Family: Minuteman
4–5 Stages
Height / Length
23.9 m
Diameter
1.7 m
Launch Mass
36,200 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,600 kN
Mission Profile
The Minotaur IV HAPS (High Altitude Precision Strike) was a four-to-five-stage American launch vehicle derived from Peacekeeper ICBM motors in the Minuteman family, configured with a precision-guided reentry system for hypersonic boost-glide weapons testing. Standing 23.9 m tall with a 1.7 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 36.2 tonnes, it generated 1,600 kN of first-stage thrust. First flying in November 2010, the Minotaur IV HAPS was used by the US Air Force for testing the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle and other advanced weapons concepts.
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