X-37B OTV-8
Success
AUG 22202503:50:00 UTC8th flight of the X-37B, the US Space Force's reusable uncrewed spaceplane, carrying experiments in high-bandwidth inter-satellite laser communications and a quantum inertial sensor for navigation. The small satellite LIMASAT was deployed alongside it, and the Space Force has not said what the flight is for beyond those tests.
LIFTOFF
AUG 22 202503:50:00 UTC
Success
launched from LC-39A Kennedy
aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-518 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Booster
B1092.6
Landed on ground pad · LZ-2
Payloads · 3
- 01
X-37B OTV-8 (USA-555)
Technology demonstration
- 02
LIMASAT
- 03
USSF-36 (Boeing X-37B OTV-8)

