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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:14:00
Sunday May 17, 2020
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable uncrewed spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane. The X-37 is operated by the United States Air Force for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable space technologies. It is a 120%-scaled derivative of the earlier Boeing X-40. The spacecraft successfully landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility on November 12, 2022, at 5:22 AM EST, 10:22 AM UTC. The spacecraft spent 908 days in orbit, its longest flight yet.
Manufacturer: Boeing
Operator: USSF
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
4,990 kilograms
FalconSAT-8 launched as a hosted experiment with the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV). The satellite remained attached to the OTV’s service module until it was deployed in October 2021. FalconSAT-8 hosts five experiments. The Magnetogradient Electrostatic Plasma thruster (MEP), the Metamaterials Antenna (MMA), the Carbon Nanotube Experiment (CANOE), the Attitude Control and Energy Storage (ACES) , and SkyPad.
Manufacturer: U.S. Air Force Academy
Operator: U.S. Air Force Academy
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
136 kilograms
USA-300 likely is a small satellite that was deployed from the X-37B's payload bay shortly after launch.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
ULAPrice
$120.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 62.2m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,210 kg
GTO: 3,780 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 26.5m
Stages
2
84th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2020
139th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2020
32nd
Orbital launch attempt