Atlas V 501 launched the X-37B robotic spaceplane on its sixth mission, OTV-6/USSF-7, from Cape Canaveral for the U.S. Space Force, also deploying the FalconSat-8 satellite; it was the first X-37B flight to carry a service module for extra experiments.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 7th
- of 8 Atlas V 501 flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 2020, 13:14 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2020-029
- Launches in 2020
- 32nd of 114
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