Atlas V 501 carried the first Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-1, USA-212) on its maiden flight for the U.S. Air Force, marking the debut of the 501 configuration. The reusable robotic spaceplane spent 224 days in orbit before landing at Vandenberg.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 8 Atlas V 501 flights
- Date and time
- 22 April 2010, 23:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2010-015
- Launches in 2010
- 16th of 74
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