Launch
SpaceX
Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
- Mission
- rocket
- Pad
- Agency
Mission
OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
Government/Top Secret
Elliptical Orbit
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.
Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Pad
Location
America/New_York
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
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Rocket
Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
Details
Min stage: 3
Max stage: 3m
Length: 70.0m
Diameter: 12.2
First Flight: Feb. 6, 2018
Total launch count: 11
Successful launches: 11
Pending launches: 15
Consecutive successful launches: 11
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 63800kg
Launch cost: US$90000000
Apogee: 200km
Attempted landings: 21
Successful landings: 19
Failed landings: 2
Consecutive successful landings: 14
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 26700kg
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Commercial
USA
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.
2002
CEO: Elon Musk
Falcon | Starship
Dragon
Agency
SpaceX
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.
Details
CEO: Elon Musk
2002
Falcon | Starship
Dragon
Total launch count: 590
Successful launches: 575
Consecutive successful launches: 75
Failed launches: 15
Pending launches: 116
Successful landings: 535
Failed landings: 27
Attempted landings: 561
Consecutive successful landings: 74