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Freddie
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/orbital-awarded-new-minotaur-v-mission-by-us-air-force-and-nasa-2009-09-14
Sept. 14, 2009, 8:00 a.m. EDT
Orbital Awarded New Minotaur V Mission by U.S. Air Force and NASA
-- Rocket to Launch NASA's Lunar Spacecraft From Wallops Island in 2012 --
-- New Order Represents the 28th Minotaur Rocket Ordered Since 1997 --
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Five stages? Are there any other launch vehicles using that many?
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Re: Orbital Sciences / USAF / NASA / Minotaur 5
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Quote from: Robotbeat on 09/14/2009 10:31 pm
Five stages? Are there any other launch vehicles using that many?
Titan IV with an IUS.
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There's a story behind this. I don't know the details, but I believe that LADEE was originally supposed to launch with GRAIL. It's worth looking into why LADEE ended up with its own launch vehicle, at a cost of probably $25 million plus.
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