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OTV-1
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:52:00
Thursday April 22, 2010
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
Mission Details
Launch Notes
First Atlas V 501, maiden flight of OTV-1, the first Boeing X-37, Orbital Test Vehicle.
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."
Low Earth Orbit
5,400 kilograms
Rocket
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
Launch Site
Stats
Atlas V
21st
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2010
United Launch Alliance
40th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2010
2010
16th
Orbital launch attempt