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OTV-3
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:03:00
Tuesday December 11, 2012
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OTV-3 (X-37B)
USA-240, also referred to as Orbital Test Vehicle 3 (OTV-3), is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B, an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
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
34th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2012
United Launch Alliance
66th
Mission
10th
Mission of 2012
2012
74th
Orbital launch attempt