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On the X-37B’s last mission, which spanned 908 days in orbit, the space plane lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Before that, the vehicle rode to space five times on United Launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon ...
First X-37B launch by USSF; Longest X-37B mission; Landed at Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33; Success OTV-7 2 LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center: 29 December 2023 01:07 UTC Falcon Heavy: USSF-52: 382 days, 1 hour First launch of an X-37B on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy; Fourth flight of second X-37B; First spaceplane beyond low earth orbit in Highly ...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:14 pm ET (1:14 am +1 GMT), carrying the secretive X-37B space plane on its seventh mission.
OTV-7 is the fourth mission for the second X-37B built, and the seventh X-37B mission overall. It was flown on a Falcon Heavy in the expendable center core-recoverable side cores configuration, and launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. It is the second classified flight of Falcon Heavy, awarded in June 2018.
The X-37B space plane is one of the US military’s most intriguing and secretive projects. The spacecraft will hitch a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket no sooner than Tuesday.
SpaceX’s hulking Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies Thursday evening, and this time it launched a mysterious spacecraft for the US military that will carry out cutting-edge research.
OTV-6 is the third mission for the first X-37B built, and the sixth X-37B mission overall. It flew on an Atlas V in the 501 configuration, and launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41. [4] This flight is the first time the space plane has been equipped with a service module to carry additional pieces for experiments.