OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
Mission
OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $90,000,000
It is the seventh flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It’s an uncrewed 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
225 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Strap-On Booster Landing
B1064 will attempt to landed back at the launch site after its fifth flight.
Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1
LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space 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.
Strap-On Booster Landing
B1065 will attempt to landed back at the launch site after its fifth flight.
Landing Zone 2 – LZ-1
LZ-2 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13. Directly next to LZ-1
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.
Core Landing
The Falcon Heavy core stage will be expended.
Atlantic Ocean – LZ-1
Atlantic Ocean
Expended – EXP
Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch
Agency
SpaceX – SpX
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: SpX
- Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
- Founded: 2002
- Launchers: Falcon | Starship
- 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 operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
What is the prospect of this launch happening?
How will this affect the many cruise ships scheduled to set sail from Port Canaveral on Sunday?
The date and time could change and it should not affect the cruise ship schedule.
Looks like it may be raining on the 10th. If it is I won’t be driving 12 hours like the last one I tried to see that was canceled. I have learned to watch the weather before going.