LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat Mar 05 2011

United Launch Alliance

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

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(10:46 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(10:46 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(10:46 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Atlas V 501

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

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.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41