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The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane.
Launches
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every one successful
Spacecraft flown
2
Landings
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successful
Fastest turnaround
123 days
for one craft
Latest launch
Aug 22
on OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)
Docked2240 days so far
First X-37B.
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First flight: OTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226), 2011
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First flight: OTV-1 (X-37B) (USA 212), 2010in space now
In 1999, NASA selected Boeing Integrated Defense Systems to design and develop an orbital vehicle, built by the California branch of Boeing's Phantom Works. Over a four-year period, a total of US$192 million was spent on the project, with NASA contributing US$109 million, the U.S. Air Force US$16 million, and Boeing US$67 million. In late 2002, a new US$301 million contract was awarded to Boeing as part of NASA's Space Launch Initiative framework.
No launches of this spacecraft are on the schedule.
OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USALaunch Successful
OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)SpaceX · Falcon Heavy · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USALaunch Successful
OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)United Launch Alliance · Atlas V 501 · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch Successful
OTV-5 (X-37B)SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 4 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulOTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) (AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployerUnited Launch Alliance · Atlas V 501 · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulSpace Launch Now for iOS and Android
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