The X-37B space plane ahead is seen tucked inside the payload fairing of its Atlas V rocket ahead of a May 17, 2020 launch. (Image credit: U.S. Air Force) To that end, this mission will have even more experiments than previous flights. That's thanks to the addition of a new servi...
The space plane will also operate in a higher-inclination orbit on the OTV-5 mission than it has during any other mission, Air Force officials said. The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane fleet has begun its fifth secret flight with the launch of the OTV-5 mission on Sept. 7, 20...
Randy Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said the many firsts on this mission make Thursday's launch "a milestone" for the X-37B program. About eight minutes after Thursday's takeoff, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully touched down on a landing pad at...
马斯克表示，需要达到400到800颗卫星才能开始有限地淘汰首批星链互联网卫星。如果一切按计划进行，“猎鹰9号”将于美国东部时间周二凌晨3点10分从40号航天发射场发射升空。编译/前瞻经济学人APP资讯组 原文：https://www.space.com/x-37b-space-plane-space-force-otv-6-launch-success.html ...
Robotic space plane X-37B launched for classified Air Force missionBy W.J. Hennigan
28 for the launch of the U.S. military's X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit. "Now targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Florida," SpaceX said in a post on X on Friday, after ...
X-37b spaceplane, hidden by it’s protective fairing, waits on top of an Atlas V rocket for launch. And the Cape Town event? That’s even less mysterious. The United States Air Force is currently operating a robotic space plane called the X-37b, which is ...
Space Force will launch the Air Force's secretive X-37B spaceplane on its sixth and potentially longest flight. Among the tech on board is an experimental system that turns collected solar energy into microwave beams that could power other objects in space or on Earth....
如果一切按计划进行,“猎鹰9号”将于美国东部时间周二凌晨3点10分从40号航天发射场发射升空。 编译/前瞻经济学人APP资讯组 原文:https://www.space.com/x-37b-space-plane-space-force-otv-6-launch-success.html