Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)

Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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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.

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OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)

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.

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X-37B 2


Serial 2

Launch Crew Count 0

Status Active

Landing Time On-Going


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Falcon Heavy


Height 70.00 Meters

Max Stages 3

Mass To GTO 26700 kg

Liftoff Thrust 22819 kN

Diameter 12.20 Meters

Mass To LEO 63800 kg

Liftoff Mass 1400 Tonnes


Launch Success 11

Consecutive Success 11

Maiden Flight 2018-02-06

Launch Failures 0


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Core


Serial B1084

Status expended

Flight Proven No

Flights 1


Landing Attempt No

Landing Success Unknown

Type EXP

Location ATL


Strap-On Booster


Serial B1064

Status expended

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 6


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type RTLS

Location LZ-1


Strap-On Booster


Serial B1065

Status expended

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 6


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type RTLS

Location LZ-2


Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-29T13:33:20+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-29T01:07:17+0000

Liftoff.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-29T00:14:04+0000

Weather now 90% GO.

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LL2

2023-12-28T23:32:12+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-27T18:13:43+0000

Weather 80% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-27T03:17:56+0000

Refined launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-23T04:03:08+0000

Updated target T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-16T01:44:06+0000

Rescheduled for December 29 UTC.

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Jay

2023-12-13T03:31:08+0000

Launch delayed indefinitely pending system checkouts and range availability.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-13T00:36:13+0000

Updated weather forecast.

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Nosu

2023-12-12T17:15:32+0000

Delayed by a day to December 14 UTC, weather 40%

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-12T06:34:17+0000

New weather forecast.

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Jay

2023-12-12T00:48:32+0000

24 hour delay due to ground issue.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-12T00:30:17+0000

Weather 85% GO.

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SwGustav

2023-12-12T00:26:53+0000

Adjusting T-0

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LL2

2023-12-11T23:47:15+0000

Livestream has started

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Nosu

2023-12-10T17:28:03+0000

Weather 75%

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Nosu

2023-12-10T13:53:40+0000

Delayed by a day

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-09T16:51:33+0000

Weather 40% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-07T17:51:23+0000

Added launch window.

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Nosu

2023-12-07T13:58:17+0000

Updating launch window

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-06T13:51:03+0000

Added launch window.

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Nosu

2023-11-29T21:43:34+0000

Targeting December 10

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-11-25T15:03:19+0000

No longer scheduled on December 7.

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Nosu

2023-11-08T22:20:06+0000

Targeting December 7

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-11-01T16:47:01+0000

NET December 2023.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-07-03T00:53:00+0000

NET Q4 2023.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-23T04:43:48+0000

NET September 2023.

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Nosu

2023-05-05T19:33:21+0000

NET July 7

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Nosu

2023-04-10T15:53:11+0000

Targeting June 23

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Nosu

2022-03-25T22:10:56+0000

NET October 2022

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