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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:46:00
Saturday March 5, 2011
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USA-226 is the first flight of the second Boeing X-37B, the Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (X-37B OTV-2), an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
5,400 kilograms
Agency
ULAPrice
$120.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 62.2m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,210 kg
GTO: 3,780 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 26.5m
Stages
2
24th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2011
47th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2011
11th
Orbital launch attempt