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OTV-6 is the third mission for the first X-37B built, and the sixth X-37B mission overall. It flew on an Atlas V in the 501 configuration, and launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41. [4] This flight is the first time the space plane has been equipped with a service module to carry additional pieces for experiments.
The sixth X-37B mission (OTV-6), U.S. Space Force 7 (formerly known as AFSPC 7), launched on an Atlas V 501 rocket from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 on 17 May 2020 at 13:14:00 UTC. [95] This mission is the first time the spaceplane has carried a service module, a ring attached to the rear of the vehicle for hosting multiple experiments. [96]
A month before launch, the Air Force announced that the mission would fly an X-37B spaceplane. [6] OTV-7 was deployed into a highly elliptical HEO orbit of 323 km (201 mi) x 38,838 km (24,133 mi) x 59.1° orbit. [6] [16] In Oct 2024, OTV-7 was due to undertake aerobraking maneuvers to safely dispose of its service module. [17]
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station on September 6, 2024. NASA Now, Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth aboard SpaceX's Crew ...
This week's launch marks the second successful trip to orbit for Boeing's OTV-1 vehicle, which first launched back in April 2010. It is the United States' first unmanned vehicle to return from ...
Because the spacecraft was of highly modular design, the components would be brought up by the Skylon spacecraft. The rocket engines, fuel and oxidizer tanks, and habitation modules were sized to fit inside the Skylon payload bay, and that the fully assembled craft would also fit inside the cylindrical structure of the OBS.
OTV-5 is the third mission for the second X-37B, [4] and the fifth X-37B mission overall. It flew on Falcon 9 booster B1040 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, which touched down at Landing Zone 1 following launch. [5] It was fastest turnaround of a X-37B at 123 days.
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]