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OTV-7
Orbital Test Vehicle 7 (OTV-7), also referred to as United States Space Force-52 (USSF-52) or USA-349, is the fourth flight of the second Boeing Boeing X-37, X-37B, an American unmanned VTHL, vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane. It was launched to a Highly elliptical orbit, highly elliptical high Earth orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket (for the first time) from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A on December 29, 2023 at 01:07:00 UTC (December 28, 8:07 pm Eastern Standard Time, EST, local time at the launch site). The spaceplane is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and United States Space Force, which considers the mission Classified information, classified and as such has not revealed the objectives. The spaceplane was sent to orbit with a wide range of test and experimentation objectives. These tests include operating in new orbital regimes, experimenting with space domain awareness technologies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing X-37
The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, and lands as a spaceplane. The X-37 is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, for orbital Spaceflight#Launch, spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable launch system, reusable space technologies. It is a 120-percent-scaled derivative of the earlier Boeing X-40. The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the United States Department of Defense in 2004. Until 2019, the program was managed by Air Force Space Command. An X-37 first flew during a drop test in 2006; its first orbital mission was launched in April 2010 on an Atlas V rocket, and returned to Earth in December 2010. Subsequent flights gradually extended the mission duration, reaching in orbit for the fifth mission, the first to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
