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Classified Air Force space plane breaks endurance record

Published on Mar 27, 2014

The X-37B, a classified reusable space plane being developed by the U.S. Air Force, has broken its own record for endurance. This week it surpassed the previous mission of 469 days in orbit.
 

Skywatcher Captures Video Of X-37B Unmanned Military Space Plane

Published on Mar 27, 2014

Skywatcher Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Ontario in Canada shot this March 9, 2014 video of the U.S. military's X-37B space plane passing by the moon. The robotic US Air Force space plane surpassed 470 days in orbit, an endurance record, in March 2014.
 

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-3 Lands at Vandenberg AFB

Published on Oct 17, 2014

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 3 (OTV-3), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. Oct. 17 .
 

Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5) Mission

Streamed Sep 7, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) on its fifth mission.
SpaceX is targeting launch of OTV-5 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The primary launch window opens on Thursday, September 7 at 9:50 a.m. EDT or 13:50 UTC, and closes at 2:55 p.m. EDT or 18:55 UTC.
A backup launch window is available on Friday, September 8.
 

Atlas V launches OTV-6 (USSF-7)

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket launched the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force, the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6), from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 17 May 2020, at 13:14 UTC (09:14 EDT). Built by Boeing, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is a reusable unmanned spacecraft. The mission was the 84th for an Atlas V launch vehicle and the 7th in the 501 configuration.
Credits:
Video footage Courtesy of United Launch Alliance/Photos Courtesy of Boeing/Photos Courtesy of United Launch Alliance

Atlas V, space launch system, United Launch Alliance, Centennial, Colorado, USA
 

Everything we know about the mysterious US Air Force space plane

May 22, 2020

The X-37B just launched on its sixth classified mission to space for the US Air Force. We run down what details we do know about the experiments it will be running.
 
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