The U.S. Space Force's Boeing X-37B unmanned space plane will be launched into orbit by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket in December, marking a significant collaboration in space exploration.
The US Space Force's Boeing X-37B unmanned, reusable space plane will be launched via a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for the first time in early December, the US military wrote in a press release. 'The X-37B Mission 7 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, designated USSF-52, with a wide range of test and experimentation objectives,' Space Force said.
Col. Joseph Fritschen, the 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 29 feet in length and 9.5 feet high, with a wingspan of 15 feet. Here's a list of the prior X-37 B's top-secret missions in low-Earth obit OTV-1 launched on Apr. 22, 2010 and landed on Dec. 3, 2010, spending over 224 days in orbit. OTV-2 launched on Mar. 5, 2011 and landed on Jun. 16, 2012, spending over 468 days in orbit.
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