Falcon 9 Block 4 — mission imagery
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OTV-5 (X-37B)

Falcon 9 Block 4SpaceXLaunch Complex 39A
Thursday, September 7, 2017 · 02:00 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

This mission is complete.

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 4

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
Launches832
Successes687

Provider

USA • Founded 2002

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 E...

Mission Brief

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.

PayloadOTV-5 (X-37B)
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, temperature not reported

Mission Timeline

20 / 20100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
28.608°N
Longitude
80.604°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

50%
GO
ConstrainedNo active constraints
Weather Rules

No formal weather rule concerns published.

Primary concern
None published
Rule count
0
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

01:50 PM UTC - 06:55 PM UTC

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.