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US Military Spaceplane To Perform Orbital Maneuvers
Friday October 11, 2024. 10:00 AM , from Slashdot
The X-37B, manufactured by Boeing, is jointly operated by the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. Since its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the spaceplane has been conducting radiation effect experiments and testing space domain awareness technologies in a highly elliptical orbit. After completing its aerobraking maneuvers, the X-37B will resume its testing and experimentation objectives. Once these are accomplished, the vehicle will de-orbit and return to Earth, utilizing its autonomous landing system to touch down horizontally like a conventional aircraft. The Space Force has not disclosed the expected duration of the current mission. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/11/0414244/us-military-spaceplane-to-perform-orbital-maneuvers...
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