flown by SpaceX USA

X-37B OTV-7

Success
DEC 29202301:07:00 UTC

First X-37B spaceplane launch on a Falcon Heavy; every earlier flight of the US military's uncrewed reusable spaceplane used an Atlas V or a Falcon 9. The Space Force said the flight would operate the vehicle in new orbital regimes, test space domain awareness technologies and expose NASA-provided materials to radiation, and has not disclosed its other objectives.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Falcon Heavy B5 FH-009 into HEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Boosters · 3

  • 01 Booster 1 B1084
    core no recovery attempt
  • 02 Booster 2 B1064.5
    side Landed on ground pad · LZ-1
  • 03 Booster 3 B1065.5
    side Landed on ground pad · LZ-2

Payload

USSF-52 (Boeing X-37B OTV-7)

Classified

last updated Oct 8, 2026