Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
OTV-1
OTV-1 was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B, an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane. The spaceplane was operated by Air Force Space Command, which has not revealed the specific identity of the spaceship's payload for the mission. The Air Force has stated only that the spacecraft would "demonstrate various experiments and allow satellite sensors, subsystems, components, and associated technology to be transported into space and back."
Total Mass: 5,400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2010
16th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
40th mission
3rd mission of 2010
39th successful mission
35th consecutive successful mission
Atlas V
21st mission
2nd mission of 2010
20th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission