RocketAtlas V 501variant C
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad SLC41
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyULAUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- May 20, 2015, 15:05
- Launch designation
- 2015-025
- Mission
- X-37B No. 2?
- Flight name
- X-37B OTV FLT-4
- Vehicle flight ID
- AV-054
- Flight code
- AFSPC-5
- Year
- Launches in 2015
Orbit and payload
- Initial perigee
- 309 km
- Initial apogee
- 322 km
- Inclination
- 38.0°
- Payload mass to orbit
- 7.1 t
- Payloads
- 12
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-37B OTV-4 | 2015-025ANORAD 40651 | US Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office | Technology | 5,000 kg | Landed · May 7, 2017 |
| USS Langley | 2015-025BNORAD 40652 | US Naval Academy | Technology | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2023 |
| Opticube 01 | 2015-025CNORAD 40653 | US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) | Calibration | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2022 |
| ParkinsonSat | 2015-025DNORAD 40654 | US Naval Academy | Technology | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Dec 23, 2021 |
| BRICSat-P | 2015-025ENORAD 40655 | US Naval Academy | Technology | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2024 |
| Opticube 02 | 2015-025FNORAD 40656 | US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) | Calibration | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2023 |
| GEARRS-2 | 2015-025GNORAD 40657 | NearSpaceLaunch | Communications | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2022 |
| Opticube 03 | 2015-025HNORAD 40658 | US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) | Calibration | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · 2023 |
| Aerocube 8A | 2015-025JNORAD 40659 | Aerospace Corp. | Technology | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 11, 2021 |
| Aerocube 8B | 2015-025KNORAD 40660 | Aerospace Corp. | Technology | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 2, 2021 |
| LightSail-1 | 2015-025LNORAD 40661 | The Planetary Society | Technology | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jun 14, 2015 |
| ULTRASat | 2015-025MNORAD 40662 | US Naval Postgraduate School | Technology | 45 kg | Reentered attached to another object · May 20, 2015 |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.