Atlas V 501 | OTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) (AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployer
It is the second flight of the second Boeing X-37B vehicle and the fourth flight of the program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-4 mission was to test Aerojet Rocketdyne’s XR-5A Hall-effect thruster and conduct a NASA investigation for testing various materials in space. The mission concluded after 717 days in orbit, marking the first time X-37B landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Second X-37B. First flight on March 5, 2011.
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
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Mission Profile
OTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) ( AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployer was a Atlas V 501 mission operated by United Launch Alliance that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 20, 2015. The flight carried its payload on a government/top secret mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.