Back to Launch Vehicles

Minotaur III

🇺🇸

Peacekeeper TLV

Minotaur III
1:110 Scale
H:21.7 cmD:1.5 cm
~23 bricks tall~2 studs wide
Concept Date2024-03-01
Family: Peacekeeper
Designer: Northrop Grumman·Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman·Operator: Northrop Grumman·Commissioner: USAF
3 Stages
Height / Length
23.9 m
Diameter
1.7 m
Launch Mass
36,200 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,600 kN

Mission Profile

The Minotaur III (Peacekeeper TLV) was a proposed three-stage American solid-fuelled launch vehicle concept in the Peacekeeper family, using retired LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM motors for suborbital target launch vehicle missions. 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. Conceived around 2024, the Minotaur III was designed for missile defence testing, launching target vehicles that simulate ballistic missile reentry trajectories.

MOC Builds

No MOC builds cataloged yet for this subject.