Launched the classified NROL-174 mission carrying multiple national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg's SLC-8, the first Minotaur IV launch from the base since 2011.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 500 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 5 Minotaur IV flights
- Date and time
- 16 April 2025, 19:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Minotaur IV
- Builder
- OATK
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-077
- Launches in 2025
- 80th of 329
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