OTV-5 (X-37B)Falcon 9 Block 4 SpaceX Launch Status Success Thu ยท Sep 7th, 2017 10:00 AM - 2:55 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6Zvi-fFv4 Mission OTV-5 (X-37B) Type: Government/Top Secret It is the fifth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, built by Boeing, is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 Block 4 Length: 71 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: December 22, 2015 The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage. The Falcon 9 Block 4 rocket has been launched a total of 12 times with 12 successful and 0 failed launches. Landing The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed at LZ-1. Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1 LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the previous LC-13 Return to Launch Site – RTLS A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from. Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule