Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
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Dec. 29, 2023, 1:07 a.m. - Dec. 29, 2023, 1:17 a.m.
Dec. 29, 2023, 1:07 a.m. - Dec. 29, 2023, 1:17 a.m.
It is the seventh flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It's an uncrewed 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.
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The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
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Core will be expended.Second X-37B. First flight on March 5, 2011.
X-37B DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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The secret winged spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Dec. 29, 2023 to conduct a classified mission. The landing concludes the seventh flight of the Boeing-built spacecraft since 2010.
The X-37B spaceplane touched down at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 7. The post U.S. military spaceplane completes 7th mission, including advanced orbital maneuvers appeared first on SpaceNews.
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