CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The secret space plane known as X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will launch next week on its first mission under the newly formed U.S.
Space Force from Cape Canaveral. Although its main mission is a secret, there are some details the Space Force isn’t keeping hush-hush, including the launch date and one of its payloads.
United Launch Alliance will launch the spacecraft, which resembles a small space shuttle, on an Atlas V rocket May 16 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The time of the launch will be announced closer to liftoff. The launch will mark the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle and the fourth launched aboard an Atlas V rocket.