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OTV-8
Uncrewed spaceflight mission; fourth flight of the first Boeing X-37B. OTV-8 was launched on August 22, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-183ANORAD 65271United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- X-37B OTV-8
- Common name
- OTV-8
- Payload designation
- X-37B No. 1 F4
- Other names
- USA 555
- International designator
- 2025-183A
- NORAD catalog number
- 65271
- GCAT identifier
- S65271
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
- August 22, 2025 · 03:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-183Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 327 km
- Apogee
- 334 km
- Inclination
- 49.52°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 22, 2025
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 Q135488879 (CC0).