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Atlas 5 launches X-37B on sixth mission

Posted: Sun, May 24, 2020, 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a military spaceplane May 17. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 9:14 am EDT (1314 GMT) and placed the X-37B into orbit. Weather delayed the launch by a day. The X-37B, flying a mission called OTV-6 by the Air Force, is carrying several U.S. military and NASA experiments. The Air Force has not disclosed how long the X-37B will remain in orbit for this mission, but past missions have lasted up to two years.

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