The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle at 11:05 a.m. EST, May 20, 2015, from Space Launch Complex 41 here.
The Atlas V rocket carried into Low Earth Orbit an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), marking the fourth space flight for the X-37B program.
In addition to the OTV, the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center, in coordination with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), launched ten CubeSats as part of a secondary payload on board the Centaur upper stage.
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