OTV – Spaceflight Now

July 12, 2020

Breaking News

[ July 11, 2020 ] SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket launch next week with Korean military satellite Falcon 9
[ July 10, 2020 ] Photos: Mars rover encapsulated for launch, mated with Atlas 5 rocket Atlas 5
[ July 10, 2020 ] New Chinese satellite launcher fails on first flight Mission Reports
[ July 9, 2020 ] High-throughput communications satellite launched from China Mission Reports
[ July 9, 2020 ] NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort News

U.S. military spaceplane breaks its own longevity record in orbit

August 27, 2019

A robotic U.S. military spaceplane surpassed 719 days in orbit Monday, setting a new record for the longest flight of the Air Force’s winged X-37B orbiting experiment platform nearly two years after launching from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Atlas 5 slips at payload’s request

April 10, 2015

The next Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral will be delayed two weeks to resolve an undisclosed issue with the payload, United Launch Alliance officials announced Friday.

Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload

March 30, 2015

With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the distance, the Air Force’s X-37 mini spaceplane will be launched from Cape Canaveral on May 6 for its fourth journey into orbit.