Failed to reach orbit carrying NASA's Glory climate research satellite after the Taurus XL payload fairing failed to separate; the second consecutive Taurus failure, later traced to fraudulent aluminum certifications from Sapa Profiles.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 4 Minotaur C flights
- Date and time
- 4 March 2011, 10:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Minotaur C
- Builder
- OATK
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- Launches in 2011
- 10th of 84