Launch Alert | 425 Project Flight 3
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Success
Sat Mar 05 2011
United Launch Alliance

OTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226)

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas V 501

Description:

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

Atlas V 501 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41