OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
Atlas V 501
United Launch Alliance
Mission
OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $120,000,000
It is the sixth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It’s an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
889 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas V 501 – United Launch Alliance
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 58.3 m
- Diameter: 3.8 m
- Launch Mass: 334 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8210 kg
The Atlas V 501 was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on 2010-04-22. Atlas V 501 has 7 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 7 launches. Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
Agency
United Launch Alliance – ULA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: ULA
- Administration: CEO: Tory Bruno
- Founded: 2006
- Launchers: Atlas | Delta IV | Vulcan
- Spacecraft: CST-100 Starliner
- Country: USA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
