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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-012) Payload: X-37B - The Orbital Test Vehicle Date: April 22, 2010 Window: 7:52-8:01 p.m. EDT (2352-0001 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Galaxy 19, Transponder 20, C-band, 97° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Rocket diagram Mission preview story Air Force fact sheet OTV arrives at Cape Earlier story on OTV Our Atlas archive

Atlas on the launch pad with X-37B

An Atlas 5 rocket was rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility to its Cape Canaveral pad Wednesday morning for Thursday's launch of the U.S. military's experimental X-37B spaceplane, the prototype for an unmanned reusable space shuttle.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

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