ULA - Atlas V / OTV-6 (USSF-7) Mission poster.
May 17, 2020
Atlas V launches OTV-6 (USSF-7)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket launched the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force, the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6), from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 17 May 2020, at 13:14 UTC (09:14 EDT).
Atlas V launches OTV-6 (USSF-7)
Built by Boeing, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is a reusable unmanned spacecraft. The mission was the 84th for an Atlas V launch vehicle and the 7th in the 501 configuration.
Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle explained
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the USSF 7 mission, formerly known as AFSPC 7, for the U.S. Space Force. The mission’s primary payload is the X-37B, a spaceplane also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, on the program’s sixth mission.
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV)
The rocket will fly in the 501 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from December. Moved forward from May 20. Scrubbed on May 16 by high ground winds.
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