Air Force to Launch X-37 Space Plane: Precursor to War in Orbit?The Air Force is to launch the first test flight of the X-37pilotless space plane Wednesday...By LuboldGordon
The robotic spacecraft has a solar array for power and a payload bay the size of a pickup truck bed. (Image credit: USAF) It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B – an unpiloted military space plane, ...
This SPACE.com X-37B graphic illustrates some details of the space plane and its relative size. The Air Force has already ordered a second X-37B, presumably the Orbital Test Vehicle 2, which is slated to launch in 2011. But that mission, and any new flights of this first vehicle, hing...
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WASHINGTON - The US Air Force on Tuesday launched a space plane at Cape Canaveral in Florida, which carries a mystery payload for an undisclosed mission. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the US military's X-37B experimental space plane ...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands poised for launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Mounted in a protective nose cone are an Air Force X-37B spaceplane and 10 small CubeSat satellites hitching a ride to orbit aboard the Atlas 5.United Launch Alliance ...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral, carrying an unpiloted Air Force spaceplane and 10 small CubeSats, including a solar sail to test the feasibility of using sunlight for propulsion.ULA In a departure from past practice, the identities of two secondary paylo...
The new tech is a crewless aircraft that can support a wide range of operations, from cargo transport to golf cart-style transit that can ferry army units over short distances all over training facilities and fields. Air Force authorities, however, call
X-37B Spaceplane Returns To Orbit CAPE CANAVERAL—A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off from here\non May 17 to deliver a U.S. Air Force X-37B test vehicle into orbit for... I Klotz - 《Aerospace Daily & Defense Report》 被引量: 0发表: 2020年 The US Air For...
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