United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket launches the USAF's newest reusable satellite, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Complex 41 at 7:52 PM from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 22, 2010. The X-37B is considered as a mini-space shuttle with the most advanced technologies. The automated spaceplane is nearly 30 feet long and weighs 11,000 pounds. Once operational, the vehicle will conduct classified orbital missions for the US military. This first reusable unmanned spacecraft will spend undisclosed periods in orbit and return to earth and land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell
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