Classified SpaceX USSF-36 X-37B OTV-08
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Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1092.6 Flight 6 Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • TBC
@SpaceX Targeting Thursday, August 21 at 11:50 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of the USSF-36 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available at the same time on Friday, August 22
This will be the sixth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-69, CRS-32, GPS III-7, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
USSF-36 is the eighth launch of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-8) and third Falcon launch of the spacecraft, after SpaceX previously launched OTV-5 and OTV-7 (USSF-52)