1st Minotaur IV Lite Launches from Vandenberg

• The rocket carried the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2

(Vandenberg AFB, Calif., April 23, 2010) -- Members from the 30th Space Wing here launched the first Minotaur IV Lite launch vehicle at 4 p.m. April 22 here.

The rocket carried the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2.

The Minotaur family of launch vehicles are provided by the Orbital/Suborbital Program 2 and managed by officials from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Wing's Launch Test Squadron located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

Source : US Air Force