United Launch Alliance

OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)

Atlas V 501

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 · 18:03 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas V 501

Variant: 501

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.583° N, 80.583° W

56

Pad Launches

693

Location Launches

67

Agency Launches

74

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