X-37B OTV-7
Success
DEC 29202301:07:00 UTCFirst 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.
LIFTOFF
DEC 29 202301:07:00 UTC
Success
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 corecore no recovery attempt
- 02 Booster 2 B1064.5 sideside Landed on ground pad · LZ-1
- 03 Booster 3 B1065.5 sideside Landed on ground pad · LZ-2
Payload
USSF-52 (Boeing X-37B OTV-7)
Classified

