In a relatively peaceful use for a decommissioned ballistic missile, a Minotaur IV rocket carried the US National Reconnaissance Office L-129 mission from Wallops Island 15 July 2020 1346 UT. The mission included four discrete satellites. The carrier rocket, the four-stage version of Minotaur, is based on an old Peacekeeper missile, a type previously deployed in Wyoming, topped with an Orion solid upper stage similar to the one used for Antares rockets.
