Minuteman Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1959-2009) Page 1 of 1: Minuteman Variants L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Minuteman Minuteman Minuteman Minuteman M55E1 HOE Minotaur 1 Minuteman IA IB II III Total Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1959 4(0)+ - - - - - - 4(0)+ 1960 4(0)+ - - - - - - 4(0)+ 1961 6(2) - - - - - - 6(2) 1962 19(7) 2(0) - - - - - 21(7) 1963 18(0) 23(5) - - - - - 41(5) 1964 18(0) 45(2) 4(0) - - - - 67(2) 1965 3(0) 22(0) 11(0) - - - - 36(0) 1966 10(0) 30(0) 14(2) - - - - 54(2) 1967 - 34(0) 17(0) - - - - 51(0) 1968 - 10(0) 13(0) 2(0) - - - 25(0) 1969 - 20(0) 25(0) 13(1) - - - 58(1) 1970 - 19(0) 26(0) 17(1) 1(0) - - 63(1) 1971 - 16(0) 17(0) 17(0) - - - 50(0) 1972 - 6(0) 10(0) 14(0) - - - 30(0) 1973 - 11(0) 6(0) 10(0) - - - 27(0) 1974 - 6(0) 7(0) 11(0) 2(0) - - 26(0) 1975 - 8(0) 4(0) 11(0) - - - 23(0) 1976 - 3(0) 7(0) 11(0) - - - 21(0) 1977 - 3(0) 3(0) 13(0) - - - 19(0) 1978 - 4(0) 3(0) 10(0) - - - 17(0) 1979 - 6(0) 4(0) 10(0) - - - 20(0) 1980 - 5(0) 1(0) 9(0) - - - 15(0) 1981 - 5(0) - 8(0) - - - 13(0) 1982 - 1(0) 3(0) 6(0) - - - 10(0) 1983 - 5(0) 2(0) 7(0) - 3(0) - 17(0) 1984 - 2(0) 1(0) 7(0) - 1(0) - 11(0) 1985 - 1(0) - 6(0) - - - 7(0) 1986 - 1(0) - 7(0) - - - 8(0) 1987 - 2(0) 3(0) 8(0) - - - 13(0) 1988 - 1(0) - 5(0) - - - 6(0) 1989 - - - 7(0) - - - 7(0) 1990 - 1(0) - 6(0) - - - 7(0) 1991 - 3(0) - 4(0) - - - 7(0) 1992 - 2(1) - 4(1) - - - 6(2) 1993 - 1(1) - 3(0) - - - 4(0) 1994 - - - 4(0) - - - 4(0) 1995 - - - 2(0) - - - 2(0) 1996 - - 1(0) 3(0) - - - 4(0) 1997 - - 2(0) 3(0) - - - 5(0) 1998 - - 1(0) 5(1) - - - 6(1) 1999 - - 1(0) 4(0) - - - 5(0) 2000 - - 3(0)# 4(1) - - 2(0) 9(1) 2001 - - 2(0)# 2(0) - - - 4(0) 2002 - - 3(0)* 4(0) - - - 7(0) 2003 - - - 3(0) - - - 3(0) 2004 - - - 3(0) - - - 3(0) 2005 - - - 4(0) - - 2(0) 6(0) 2006 - - - 4(0) - - 2(0) 6(0) 2007 - - 2(0)* 1(0) - - 1(0) 4(0) 2008 - - 1(0)* 4(0) - - - 5(0) 2009 - - - 2(0) - - 1(0) 3(0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minuteman Minuteman Minuteman Minuteman M55E1 HOE Minotaur 1 Minuteman IA IB II III Total Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 82(9) 298(9) 195(2) 278(5) 3(0) 4(0) - 862(25) Orbit - - - - - - 8(0) 8(0) Total 82(9) 298(9) 195(2) 278(5) 3(0) 4(0) 8(0) 870(25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: + Eight tethered silo test launches (3 sec thrust) from Vandenberg AFB (1959-60) # One "Minotaur 2" variant flown in 2000 and 2001 for missile defense tests. * "Minotaur 2" variants flown for missle defense tests. Minuteman Variants ================================================================== Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Minuteman IA M55A1 M56 M57 Minuteman IB M55A1 M56 M57 Minuteman II M55A1 SR19AJ1 M57A1 M55E1 M55E1 M56A1 Minuteman III M55E1 SR19AJ1 SR73AJ1 PBV (MIRV Bus) HOE M55E1 SR19AJ1 Minotaur 1 M55A1 SR19AJ1 Orion50XL Orion38 Minotaur 2 M55A1 SR19AJ1 M57A1 ================================================================== Minotaur 1 Data ========================================================== Stg Name Fuel/OX Thrust Burn Length Dia Gross (lbs) (sec) (in) (in) Mass(lb) ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 MM M-55A1 solid 200,434 60.8 294.9 65.7 51,514 2 MM SR-19 solid 60,312 65.5 162.3 52.2 13,740 3 Orion 50XL HTPB 44,171 72.5 141 50.2 9,551 4 Orion 38 HTPB 8,062 69.6 52.7 38 1,977 ========================================================== References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Rusty Barton's Minuteman ICBM History page at "http://www.geocities.com/minuteman_missile/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" SpaceFlightNow "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" Orbital Report "http://www.orbireport.com" Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle