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OTV-6
Uncrewed spaceflight mission; third flight of the first Boeing X-37B. OTV-6 was launched on May 17, 2020 aboard a Atlas V 501 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Nov 12, 2022).
COSPAR 2020-029ANORAD 45606United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- X-37B OTV-6
- Common name
- OTV-6
- Payload designation
- X-37B No. 1 F3
- Other names
- USA 299
- International designator
- 2020-029A
- NORAD catalog number
- 45606
- GCAT identifier
- S45606
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/945
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
- May 17, 2020 · 13:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-029Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 379 km
- Apogee
- 399 km
- Inclination
- 45.08°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- November 12, 2022
- Last known active
- Nov 12, 2022
- End of operations
- Nov 12, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,000 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,000 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 Q104857635 (CC0).