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OTV-3
Uncrewed spaceflight mission; second flight of the first Boeing X-37B. OTV-3 was launched on December 11, 2012 aboard a Atlas V 501 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 17, 2014).
COSPAR 2012-071ANORAD 39025United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- X-37B OTV-3
- Common name
- OTV-3
- Payload designation
- X-37B No. 1 F2
- Other names
- USA 240
- International designator
- 2012-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39025
- GCAT identifier
- S39025
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/713
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- X37
- Owner
- AF RCO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Space Systems (HB)
- Platform (bus)
- X-37
Launch
- Date
- December 11, 2012 · 18:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-071Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 342 km
- Apogee
- 357 km
- Inclination
- 43.49°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 17, 2014
- Last known active
- Oct 17, 2014
- End of operations
- Oct 17, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,000 kg
- Length
- 8.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.90 m
- Span
- 8.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2163196 (CC0).