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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretFalcon 9 Block 4 · X-37B
Launched 2017-09-07 14:00 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1040 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
56th
orbital launch attempt in 2017
SpaceX
13th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
23 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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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Landings
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Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
71m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
6,804kN
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