LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Dec 11 2012

United Launch Alliance

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

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(6:03 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:03 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(6:03 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 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.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41