LaunchesOTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)
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OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)
Atlas V 501 · Government/Top Secret
2012Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
It is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B vehicle and the third flight of the program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The specific identity of the spaceship's payload or the mission objectives were not revealed. The mission concluded after 674 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