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

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

LAUNCH TIME

Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:07 UTC

MISSION DETAILS

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.

MISSION NAMEOTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)

TARGET ORBITElliptical Orbit

LAUNCH VEHICLEFalcon Heavy

DATA SOURCELL2-historical

LAUNCH WINDOW

NET (NO EARLIER)Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:07 UTC

WINDOW OPENFriday, December 29, 2023 at 01:07 UTC

WINDOW CLOSEFriday, December 29, 2023 at 01:17 UTC

LAUNCH PROVIDER

PROVIDERSpaceX

ABBREVIATIONSpX

LAUNCH PAD

PAD NAMELaunch Complex 39A

LOCATIONKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

COUNTRYUS

COORDINATES28.6082°N, -80.6043°E

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ROCKET PROFILE

Falcon Heavy

Falcon Family

First flight: 2018-02-06

HEIGHT70.0m

DIAMETER12.2m

STAGES2

LEO PAYLOAD63,800kg

GTO PAYLOAD26,700kg

LIFTOFF THRUST22,819kN

LAUNCH COST$97M

Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. It consists of three Falcon 9 cores and is one of the most powerful operational rockets in the world.