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

SpaceX · Falcon Heavy · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 310th launch · 97th this year · humanity's 6,587th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Dec 29, 01:07 – Dec 29, 01:17 UTC
Flight preview
OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
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.
Government/Top Secret · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Booster
- B1064 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon Heavy | Psyche · zone record 53/54
- B1084 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 38/42
- B1065 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 2 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon Heavy | Psyche · zone record 17/17
Watch
- SpaceX OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52) — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches secretive X-37B military spaceplane — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy for the USSF-52 / X-37B Spaceplane — NASASpaceflight
- USSF-52 Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
Weather now 90% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/28/2023 · source
Weather 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2023 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2023 · source
Updated target T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
Rescheduled for December 29 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2023 · source
Launch delayed indefinitely pending system checkouts and range availability.
Jay · 12/13/2023 · source
Updated weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2023 · source
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Dec 28, 8:07 PM EST
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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