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OTV-1 (X-37B) (USA 212)

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 41 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

It is the first flight of Boeing X-37B, a United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, which is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-1 mission was designed to test new technologies, however the specific identity of the spaceship's payload was not revealed. OTV was the first vehicle since NASA's shuttle orbiter capable of returning experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis. The mission concluded after 224 days in orbit, marking the first American autonomous orbital runway landing.

Atlas V 501

Family:
Configuration: 501

Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

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Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
2
Length
58.3 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
334.0 T
Thrust
3827.0 kN

Family

Name
Atlas V 501
Family
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Variant
501
Alias
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Full Name
Atlas V 501

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$120000000
Low Earth Orbit
8210.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
3780.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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X-37B 1

Active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 227 kg

Destination: Low Earth Orbit

Serial Number: 1

First X-37B. First flight on April 22, 2010.

X-37B Details

United Launch Alliance

(ULA)

Interim CEO: John Elbon Founded: 2006 Successes: 171 Failures: 0 Pending: 40

Agency Type:

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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