X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 7
The seventh X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission carried the reusable Boeing-built spaceplane into new orbital regimes for United States Space Force experiments in space-domain awareness and radiation effects. OTV-7 also demonstrated an aerobraking maneuver before returning autonomously to Vandenberg after more than 434 days in orbit.
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- USSF-52OTV-7X-37B Mission 7
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- X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 7
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- The seventh X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission carried the reusable Boeing-built spaceplane into new orbital regimes for United States Space Force experiments in space-domain awareness and radiation effects. OTV-7 also demonstrated an aerobraking maneuver before returning autonomously to Vandenberg after more than 434 days in orbit.
- End Date
- 2025-03-07
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- Outcome
- Completed more than 434 days of on-orbit experimentation and landed successfully at Vandenberg
- Program
- X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
- Start Date
- 2023-12-29
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 04:27:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 04:27:03 UTC
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