OTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) ( AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployer

Atlas V 501 launched the AFSPC-5 mission carrying the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on its fourth flight (OTV-4), along with The Planetary Society's LightSail solar-sail demonstrator and a batch of Department of Defense CubeSats.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

7.1 T (est.)

Flight

6th

of 8 Atlas V 501 flights

Date and time

20 May 2015, 15:05 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 501

Builder

ULA

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2015-025

Launches in 2015

27th of 87

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