LaunchesOTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226)
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OTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226)
Atlas V 501 · Government/Top Secret
2011Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
It is the first flight of the second Boeing X-37B, a United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle 2, which is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-2 mission was designed to test new technologies, however the specific identity of the spaceship's payload was not revealed. The mission concluded after 468 days in orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- ULA
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2