DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: 2nd Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B Begins Flight....NSI News Source Info # 1676
(NSI News Source Info) CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., - March 6, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] yesterday announced the successful launch of the second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The OTV was launched on an Atlas V rocket into a low-Earth orbit yesterday at 5:46 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41.
"History was made in December when the X-37B became the United States' first unmanned vehicle to return from space and land on its own," said Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems. "The success of that mission validated this reusable and effective way to test new technologies in space and return them for examination.
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