Falcon 9 Block 4 | OTV-5 (X-37B)
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Launch Window
Sept. 7, 2017, 1:50 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2017, 6:55 p.m.
Sept. 7, 2017, 1:50 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2017, 6:55 p.m.
It is the fifth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, built by Boeing, is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.
See DetailsThe first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed at LZ-1.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.Second X-37B. First flight on March 5, 2011.
X-37B DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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