The mysterious X-37B space plane will fly into space powered by SpaceX’s Falcon rocket
The US Space Force 's unmanned, reusable Boeing in a press release .
“The X-37B Mission 7 will first launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, designated USSF-52, with a broad range of test and experimentation objectives,” the Space Force said.
The mysterious spaceplane is built by Boeing and operated by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and the Space Force. Its last mission ended a year ago, after spending 2.5 years in space. However, this is the first time that SpaceX's commercial rocket has been used to launch Space Force aircraft.
The Space Force said the Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the space domain awareness technologies, and studying the effects of radiation on NASA-supplied materials.”
“We are excited to expand the scope of the reusable X-37 B's capabilities, using the flight-proven service module and Falcon Heavy rocket to perform multiple cutting-edge experiments for the Department of the Air Force and its partners,” he stated the Lieutenant. Col. Joseph Fritschen, X-37B program director.
The X-37B is similar to the retired Space Shuttle, although the space plane is a fraction of the size, coming in at 10 meters long, three meters tall and a 5 meter wingspan. The activities of the The Pentagon has always denied that the vehicle carried weapons on board, in compliance with international treaties, but certainly sensor systems tested in space were carried, as there is talk of the test of an electromagnetic "thrust" system to move orbiting objects. Often the orbit of the X 37B comes close to the upper atmosphere so as to make it difficult to follow its trajectory with optical systems.
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