Taurus

Launch Vehicles | Peacekeeper / Castor-120 family

Taurus-1110 (STEP 0, DARPASAT) [OSC]

Taurus-2110 (KOMPSat 1, ACRIMSat) [OSC]

Taurus-2210 (GFO, Orbcomm FM3, 4) [OSC]

Taurus-3110 (OCO) [NASA]

Taurus-3210 (ROCSAT 2) [OSC]

 

The Taurus has been created by adding the stages of Pegasus (without wing and fins) to a Peacekeeper first stage or a Castor-120. It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days. The coding of variants is as below:
1. digit = first stage (1 = TU-903; 2 = Castor-120)
2. digit = size of fairing (1 = small, 2 = large)
3. digit = type of Stage 4 (1 = Orion-38, 3 = Star-37FM)
4. digit = type of optional Stage 5 (0 = none)
It is not yet clear, how the XL versions will fit into this coding system.

 

-> complete list of all Peacekeeper / Castor-120 based rockets

 

Launch Vehicle Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus) - TU-903 Orion-50ST Orion-50T Orion-38
Taurus-2110 (Commercial-Taurus) - Castor-120 Orion-50ST Orion-50T Orion-38
Taurus-2210 (Commercial-Taurus) - Castor-120 Orion-50ST Orion-50T Orion-38
Taurus-3110 (Taurus-XL) - Castor-120 Orion-50SXLT Orion-50XLT Orion-38
Taurus-3210 (Taurus-XL) - Castor-120 Orion-50SXLT Orion-50XLT Orion-38
Taurus-XL/S 2 GEM-40 Castor-120 Orion-50SXLT Orion-50XLT Orion-38

 

Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP
Taurus-1110 (ARPA-Taurus)

1180

1160

 750

370

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Taurus-2110 (Commercial-Taurus) 

1250

1180

 900

375

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Taurus-2210 (Commercial-Taurus)

1050

1180

 700

  

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Taurus-3110 (Taurus-XL)

1450

  

 1050

445

-

  

295
Taurus-3210 (Taurus-XL)

1275

 

880

 

-

  

295
Taurus-XL/S

2180

1750

  

640

-

  

380

 

No:             Type           Date        LS              Payload
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 1   1   T-1    Taurus-1110    13.03.94    Va 576E         STEP 0 (P90-5, USA 101) / DARPASAT (USA 102)
 2   1   T-2    Taurus-2210    10.02.98    Va 576E         GFO / Orbcomm 3 / Orbcomm 4 / Celestis 03
 3   2   T-3    Taurus-1110    03.10.98    Va 576E         STEX (USA 140) / ATEx-UEB / ATEx-LEB
 4   1   T-4    Taurus-2110    21.12.99    Va 576E         KOMPSat 1 (Arirang 1) / ACRIMSat / Celestis 04
 5   3   T-5    Taurus-1110    13.03.00    Va 576E         MTI (P97-3)
 6   2   T-6    Taurus-2110    21.09.01    Va 576E      F  OrbView 4 / QuikTOMS / SBD / Celestis 05
 7   1   T-7    Taurus-3210    20.05.04    Va 576E         ROCSAT 2
 8   1   T-8    Taurus-3110    24.02.09    Va 576E      F  OCO (ESSP 5) 
			
				
planned launches:


 9   2          Taurus-3110      .  .10    Va 576E         Glory / E1P / KySat 1 / HERMES 


Failures:

Flight 6: Problems after separation of stage 1, orbit not attained
Flight 8: Payload fairing not seperated, orbit not attained

 

Last update: 27.09.2009

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