r/SpaceX OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52) Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
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Welcome to the r/SpaceX OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52) Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | Dec 10 2023, 00:00 |
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| Scheduled for (local) | Dec 09 2023, 19:00 PM (EST) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Instantaneous |
| Payload | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52) |
| Customer | United States Space Force |
| Launch Weather Forecast | Unknown |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. |
| Center | B1084-1 |
| Booster | B1064-5 |
| Booster | B1065-5 |
| Landing | Sideboosters will return to launch site, center core expended |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
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Timeline
| Time | Update |
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| [](/# MC // row 0) T-3d 23h 58m | Thread last generated using the LL2 API |
| [](/# MC // row 1) 2023-11-29T21:43:34Z | Targeting December 10 |
| [](/# MC // row 2) 2023-11-25T15:03:19Z | No longer scheduled on December 7. |
| [](/# MC // row 3) 2023-11-08T22:20:06Z | Targeting December 7 |
| [](/# MC // row 4) 2023-11-01T16:47:01Z | NET December 2023. |
| [](/# MC // row 5) 2023-07-03T00:53:00Z | NET Q4 2023. |
| [](/# MC // row 6) 2023-06-23T04:43:48Z | NET September 2023. |
| [](/# MC // row 7) 2023-05-05T19:33:21Z | NET July 7 |
| [](/# MC // row 8) 2023-04-10T15:53:11Z | Targeting June 23 |
| [](/# MC // row 9) 2022-03-25T22:10:56Z | NET October 2022 |
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Stats
☑️ 307th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 207th consecutive successful Falcon 9 / FH launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 94th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 13th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 29 days, 22:31:46 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
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Launch Weather Forecast
| Weather | |
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| Temperature | 21.2°C |
| Humidity | 82% |
| Precipation | 0.0 mm (23%) |
| Cloud cover | 66 % |
| Windspeed (at ground level) | 9.3 m/s |
| Visibillity | 24.14 km |
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Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Mission Details 🚀
| Link | Source |
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| SpaceX mission website | SpaceX |
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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Posted Dec 5, 2023, 12:01 AM UTC · edited