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Secret US military space plane works on maneuvers while on orbital mission
The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B space plane is performing a groundbreaking orbital maneuver called aerobraking. The process uses atmospheric drag instead of fuel to gradually lower its orbit — a technique that could significantly extend mission durations and reduce operational costs.
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published: 07 Nov 2024
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Star Raker! - The Giant Insane Mach 7.2 Space Plane
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In the 1970s America faced increasingly worse energy shortages. It’s main source of petroleum had ground to a halt thanks to the international crisis in Iran and the Middle East, and nuclear had been ruled out after two high-profile nuclear meltdowns.
NASA pitched series of 60 gigantic geosynchronous platforms orbiting the planet, beaming down refined energy for the world's use. It was called the Solar Power System and would be comprised of a global network of gigantic photovoltaic arrays. And they were huge, with two long solar panel structures 5 km long by 4 km wide, or 3.1 miles by 2.4 miles - for a total o...
published: 29 May 2021
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The Plane That Accidentally Flew Into Space 😨 (EXPLAINED)
published: 30 Nov 2022
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What Does DARPA's Secret Space Plane Actually Do? | Unveiled
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In this video, Unveiled takes a closer look at the secret weapon for the US Space Force and military: the X-37b Spaceplane! This incredible piece of technology is developed and managed by DARPA, and has been soaring above our heads for years and years... but we still no so little about what it is? And why it's there??
This is Unveiled, giving you incredible answers to extraordinary questions!
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0:36 What is DARPA?
0:57 The X-37b ...
published: 06 Feb 2023
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Where are the Spaceplanes?
There have been many single-stage spaceplane designs but none of them have been built. What's keeping us from having spaceplanes?
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published: 06 Oct 2023
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Dream Chaser - The Dream Of Lifting Body Space Planes
Dream Chaser isn't the first space plane, it is however on course to be the first operational Lifting Body space plane, intended to perform its first demo launch on a Vulcan rocket and rendezvous with the International Space Station during 2022.
But its been a long time coming, the concept of lifting body space planes goes back to the 1950's, and NASA was test flying demonstrators 60 years ago, starting with the 'Flying Bathtub', build from a steel frame overlaid with plywood, and towed behind a car.
But it would take some cues from the Soviet BOR-4 test vehicle to arrive at a more optimal design, stable across much larger ranges of speed.
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published: 09 Jan 2023
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Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Supersonic Space Jet Shocks the Public!
Elon Musk has once again captured the world's attention with his latest announcement: the development of a revolutionary supersonic space jet. As the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Musk has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology, and this new venture promises to change the way we think about air travel and space exploration. With the capacity to travel at astonishing speeds and an innovative design that aims to redefine aerospace travel, this space jet could become a game-changer in the industry.
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published: 07 Nov 2024
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MYSTERY MISSION! US military's X-37B space plane lands, ending record-breaking mission
The robotic X-37B arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 12). The X-37B has been in orbit for 908 days, more than four months longer than any previous X-37B mission.
On the recently completed mission, the Boeing-built spacecraft also carried a service module, a first for the United States. The Space Force's X-37B programme
The X-37B looks similar to NASA's now-retired space shuttle, but it is significantly smaller, measuring just 29 feet from tip to tail. The space shuttle was 122 feet long and was piloted, while the X-37B is autonomous.
The US Space Force is known to have two X-37B vehicles, both provided by Boeing. So far, the team has launched six orbital missions, each denoted by the designation OTV ("Orbital Test Vehicle"):
OTV-1 was launche...
published: 13 Nov 2022
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Why You Can't Fly a Plane into Space
Why can't you fly a commercial plane into space? They already go pretty high in the sky to begin with, so what's stopping them from going just a little higher? A lot more than you think! Check out today's epic new video to find out why commercial airplanes just wouldn't cut it in space, let alone leaving Earth's atmosphere.
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The Insane Engineering of the Space Shuttle
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published: 16 Dec 2023
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Secret US military space plane works on maneuvers while on orbital mission
The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B space plane is performing a groundbreaking orbital maneuver called aerobraking. The process uses atmospheric drag instead of...
The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B space plane is performing a groundbreaking orbital maneuver called aerobraking. The process uses atmospheric drag instead of fuel to gradually lower its orbit — a technique that could significantly extend mission durations and reduce operational costs.
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The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B space plane is performing a groundbreaking orbital maneuver called aerobraking. The process uses atmospheric drag instead of fuel to gradually lower its orbit — a technique that could significantly extend mission durations and reduce operational costs.
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- published: 07 Nov 2024
- views: 1518
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Star Raker! - The Giant Insane Mach 7.2 Space Plane
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In the 1970s America faced increasingly worse energy shortages. It’s main source of petroleum had ground to a halt thanks to the international crisis in Iran and the Middle East, and nuclear had been ruled out after two high-profile nuclear meltdowns.
NASA pitched series of 60 gigantic geosynchronous platforms orbiting the planet, beaming down refined energy for the world's use. It was called the Solar Power System and would be comprised of a global network of gigantic photovoltaic arrays. And they were huge, with two long solar panel structures 5 km long by 4 km wide, or 3.1 miles by 2.4 miles - for a total of 11.73 kilometers long, 7.2 miles in imperial unites, and weighing the small amount of 10.42 million kilograms or 22.97 million pounds.
By being in orbit, weather, dust and day and night cycles would be eliminated, allowing 24/7 constant energy production. The electricity generated would be sent down via microwaves to a thin receiving mesh, that could be built anywhere, even over oceans.
"The SPS is an attractive, challenging, worthy project, which the aerospace community is well prepared and able to address," physicist Robert G. Jahn wrote in support of the project.
But the problem was – how would NASA even get these into orbit. So far, they had only launched the 77-metric-ton (85-U.S.-ton) Skylab into low-earth orbit using a huge Saturn 5 rockets left over from the apollo moon mission. The new solar powerplants weighed 100 times more than even the modern international space station above us today, and rockets wouldn’t cut it - it would need over 1,000 saturn 5 launches to get even one SPS into orbit - let alone 60. So NASA turned to Boeing for the solution.
The Space Freighter was Boeing’s pitch to solve the earth to orbit problem of the SPS program. As its name may infer, it was a rocket system slash space plane that would act like a lorry for space station componets for assembly in orbit. Each mission would have had a payload of around 424,000 kilograms or 934,000 pounds.
For the goal of two SPSs a year, this system would have required a stunning 240 space launched a year – or a turn around every 36 hours. Wommentating on the plans later in 1981, NASA made a very interesting observation.
"The magnitude and sustained nature of this advanced space transportation program concept requires long-term routine operations somewhat analogous to commercial airline/airfreight operations,".
Rockwell came up with this, the Airbreather/Rocket-Powered, Horizontal Takeoff Tridelta Flying Wing, Single-Stage-To-Orbit Transportation System, or dubbed today as "the Rockwell International Starraker. It was a space plane that was 103 meters (310 feet) long with a wing span of about 93 meters (280 feet), and would have carried a maximum of 89.2 metric tons (196,600 lbs) of cargo into low earth orbit around 300 nautical miles above the equator - or 555 kilometers. Overall this would have allowed firms to get payloads into orbit for a cost of $15 per pound ($55 per pound in 2010 dollars). In metric, this is $25 USD per kilograph.
For comparisons sake, Elon musk with his space x rockets costs around $2,720 per kilogram into orbit. So clearly, this dream of low-cost orbit delivery is totally insane.
thanks to its vast tri-delta wing blendered design, there was a great deal of internal volume for not only cargo but fuel as well. The cargo deck was modeled after the C-5 galaxy, 20 feet high and 20 feet wide, in a square shape, and 141 feet long. Thats 6 meters by 6 meters, bt 42.9 meters for those living outside the US.
The craft would have two engine systems, the first was conventional jet engines, specifically hydrogen fueled high bypass supersonic turbofan/air-turbo-exchanger/ramjet engines, each with 140,000 lbf of thrust. Then the space plane also had three hydrogen fuelled rocket engines, each with 1.06 million lbf of thrust and an ISP of 455 seconds - enough to get it into a high orbit.
Here is where it gets crazy, the aircraft would then rise to an altittude of 45,000 feet, before diving directly down to 37,000 feet to build up speed and break the sound barrier, then it would angle upwards to reach 95,000 feet, or 29 km before activating its rocket engines - hitting speeds up to Mach 7.2 .
In terms of the SPS program we outlined before, this would mean than 1100 flights would have been required each year
Yet- why was never built?
In the end, the star raker never really came close to development. it was a change in political power in the United States to the Reagan administration, and the price of oil plummeting that made this expensive enegy concept, the SPS, seem foolish.
Without a need for a launch craft, the whole concept unraveled. Work did continue on other projects, but thats a video for another day.
https://wn.com/Star_Raker_The_Giant_Insane_Mach_7.2_Space_Plane
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In the 1970s America faced increasingly worse energy shortages. It’s main source of petroleum had ground to a halt thanks to the international crisis in Iran and the Middle East, and nuclear had been ruled out after two high-profile nuclear meltdowns.
NASA pitched series of 60 gigantic geosynchronous platforms orbiting the planet, beaming down refined energy for the world's use. It was called the Solar Power System and would be comprised of a global network of gigantic photovoltaic arrays. And they were huge, with two long solar panel structures 5 km long by 4 km wide, or 3.1 miles by 2.4 miles - for a total of 11.73 kilometers long, 7.2 miles in imperial unites, and weighing the small amount of 10.42 million kilograms or 22.97 million pounds.
By being in orbit, weather, dust and day and night cycles would be eliminated, allowing 24/7 constant energy production. The electricity generated would be sent down via microwaves to a thin receiving mesh, that could be built anywhere, even over oceans.
"The SPS is an attractive, challenging, worthy project, which the aerospace community is well prepared and able to address," physicist Robert G. Jahn wrote in support of the project.
But the problem was – how would NASA even get these into orbit. So far, they had only launched the 77-metric-ton (85-U.S.-ton) Skylab into low-earth orbit using a huge Saturn 5 rockets left over from the apollo moon mission. The new solar powerplants weighed 100 times more than even the modern international space station above us today, and rockets wouldn’t cut it - it would need over 1,000 saturn 5 launches to get even one SPS into orbit - let alone 60. So NASA turned to Boeing for the solution.
The Space Freighter was Boeing’s pitch to solve the earth to orbit problem of the SPS program. As its name may infer, it was a rocket system slash space plane that would act like a lorry for space station componets for assembly in orbit. Each mission would have had a payload of around 424,000 kilograms or 934,000 pounds.
For the goal of two SPSs a year, this system would have required a stunning 240 space launched a year – or a turn around every 36 hours. Wommentating on the plans later in 1981, NASA made a very interesting observation.
"The magnitude and sustained nature of this advanced space transportation program concept requires long-term routine operations somewhat analogous to commercial airline/airfreight operations,".
Rockwell came up with this, the Airbreather/Rocket-Powered, Horizontal Takeoff Tridelta Flying Wing, Single-Stage-To-Orbit Transportation System, or dubbed today as "the Rockwell International Starraker. It was a space plane that was 103 meters (310 feet) long with a wing span of about 93 meters (280 feet), and would have carried a maximum of 89.2 metric tons (196,600 lbs) of cargo into low earth orbit around 300 nautical miles above the equator - or 555 kilometers. Overall this would have allowed firms to get payloads into orbit for a cost of $15 per pound ($55 per pound in 2010 dollars). In metric, this is $25 USD per kilograph.
For comparisons sake, Elon musk with his space x rockets costs around $2,720 per kilogram into orbit. So clearly, this dream of low-cost orbit delivery is totally insane.
thanks to its vast tri-delta wing blendered design, there was a great deal of internal volume for not only cargo but fuel as well. The cargo deck was modeled after the C-5 galaxy, 20 feet high and 20 feet wide, in a square shape, and 141 feet long. Thats 6 meters by 6 meters, bt 42.9 meters for those living outside the US.
The craft would have two engine systems, the first was conventional jet engines, specifically hydrogen fueled high bypass supersonic turbofan/air-turbo-exchanger/ramjet engines, each with 140,000 lbf of thrust. Then the space plane also had three hydrogen fuelled rocket engines, each with 1.06 million lbf of thrust and an ISP of 455 seconds - enough to get it into a high orbit.
Here is where it gets crazy, the aircraft would then rise to an altittude of 45,000 feet, before diving directly down to 37,000 feet to build up speed and break the sound barrier, then it would angle upwards to reach 95,000 feet, or 29 km before activating its rocket engines - hitting speeds up to Mach 7.2 .
In terms of the SPS program we outlined before, this would mean than 1100 flights would have been required each year
Yet- why was never built?
In the end, the star raker never really came close to development. it was a change in political power in the United States to the Reagan administration, and the price of oil plummeting that made this expensive enegy concept, the SPS, seem foolish.
Without a need for a launch craft, the whole concept unraveled. Work did continue on other projects, but thats a video for another day.
- published: 29 May 2021
- views: 1371121
8:44
What Does DARPA's Secret Space Plane Actually Do? | Unveiled
America's secret space plane has been watching us for YEARS! Join us, and find out more!
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In this...
America's secret space plane has been watching us for YEARS! Join us, and find out more!
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In this video, Unveiled takes a closer look at the secret weapon for the US Space Force and military: the X-37b Spaceplane! This incredible piece of technology is developed and managed by DARPA, and has been soaring above our heads for years and years... but we still no so little about what it is? And why it's there??
This is Unveiled, giving you incredible answers to extraordinary questions!
Find more amazing videos for your curiosity here:
Quantum Theory PROVES You Never Die - https://youtu.be/78onGajtyZw
Is the Government Hiding Speed of Light Travel? - https://youtu.be/8h1LYN5REmU
0:00 Intro
0:36 What is DARPA?
0:57 The X-37b Spaceplane
2:44 Spaceplane Missions
6:01 Other DARPA Projects
7:23 Conclusions
#DARPA #X37b #Spy #NASA #China #News #WorldNews #Space #Surveillance #Spaceplane
https://wn.com/What_Does_Darpa's_Secret_Space_Plane_Actually_Do_|_Unveiled
America's secret space plane has been watching us for YEARS! Join us, and find out more!
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In this video, Unveiled takes a closer look at the secret weapon for the US Space Force and military: the X-37b Spaceplane! This incredible piece of technology is developed and managed by DARPA, and has been soaring above our heads for years and years... but we still no so little about what it is? And why it's there??
This is Unveiled, giving you incredible answers to extraordinary questions!
Find more amazing videos for your curiosity here:
Quantum Theory PROVES You Never Die - https://youtu.be/78onGajtyZw
Is the Government Hiding Speed of Light Travel? - https://youtu.be/8h1LYN5REmU
0:00 Intro
0:36 What is DARPA?
0:57 The X-37b Spaceplane
2:44 Spaceplane Missions
6:01 Other DARPA Projects
7:23 Conclusions
#DARPA #X37b #Spy #NASA #China #News #WorldNews #Space #Surveillance #Spaceplane
- published: 06 Feb 2023
- views: 189919
18:10
Where are the Spaceplanes?
There have been many single-stage spaceplane designs but none of them have been built. What's keeping us from having spaceplanes?
@Eager_Space on Twitter
Triab...
There have been many single-stage spaceplane designs but none of them have been built. What's keeping us from having spaceplanes?
@Eager_Space on Twitter
Triabolical_ on Reddit
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There have been many single-stage spaceplane designs but none of them have been built. What's keeping us from having spaceplanes?
@Eager_Space on Twitter
Triabolical_ on Reddit
https://www.patreon.com/eagernetwork
https://www.facebook.com/Eager-Space-103843052204122
- published: 06 Oct 2023
- views: 14486
12:31
Dream Chaser - The Dream Of Lifting Body Space Planes
Dream Chaser isn't the first space plane, it is however on course to be the first operational Lifting Body space plane, intended to perform its first demo launc...
Dream Chaser isn't the first space plane, it is however on course to be the first operational Lifting Body space plane, intended to perform its first demo launch on a Vulcan rocket and rendezvous with the International Space Station during 2022.
But its been a long time coming, the concept of lifting body space planes goes back to the 1950's, and NASA was test flying demonstrators 60 years ago, starting with the 'Flying Bathtub', build from a steel frame overlaid with plywood, and towed behind a car.
But it would take some cues from the Soviet BOR-4 test vehicle to arrive at a more optimal design, stable across much larger ranges of speed.
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Dream Chaser isn't the first space plane, it is however on course to be the first operational Lifting Body space plane, intended to perform its first demo launch on a Vulcan rocket and rendezvous with the International Space Station during 2022.
But its been a long time coming, the concept of lifting body space planes goes back to the 1950's, and NASA was test flying demonstrators 60 years ago, starting with the 'Flying Bathtub', build from a steel frame overlaid with plywood, and towed behind a car.
But it would take some cues from the Soviet BOR-4 test vehicle to arrive at a more optimal design, stable across much larger ranges of speed.
Follow me on Twitter for more updates:
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- published: 09 Jan 2023
- views: 409805
56:15
Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Supersonic Space Jet Shocks the Public!
Elon Musk has once again captured the world's attention with his latest announcement: the development of a revolutionary supersonic space jet. As the CEO of Spa...
Elon Musk has once again captured the world's attention with his latest announcement: the development of a revolutionary supersonic space jet. As the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Musk has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology, and this new venture promises to change the way we think about air travel and space exploration. With the capacity to travel at astonishing speeds and an innovative design that aims to redefine aerospace travel, this space jet could become a game-changer in the industry.
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Elon Musk has once again captured the world's attention with his latest announcement: the development of a revolutionary supersonic space jet. As the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Musk has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology, and this new venture promises to change the way we think about air travel and space exploration. With the capacity to travel at astonishing speeds and an innovative design that aims to redefine aerospace travel, this space jet could become a game-changer in the industry.
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- published: 07 Nov 2024
- views: 8631
3:51
MYSTERY MISSION! US military's X-37B space plane lands, ending record-breaking mission
The robotic X-37B arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 12). The X-37B has been in orbit for 908 days, more than four m...
The robotic X-37B arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 12). The X-37B has been in orbit for 908 days, more than four months longer than any previous X-37B mission.
On the recently completed mission, the Boeing-built spacecraft also carried a service module, a first for the United States. The Space Force's X-37B programme
The X-37B looks similar to NASA's now-retired space shuttle, but it is significantly smaller, measuring just 29 feet from tip to tail. The space shuttle was 122 feet long and was piloted, while the X-37B is autonomous.
The US Space Force is known to have two X-37B vehicles, both provided by Boeing. So far, the team has launched six orbital missions, each denoted by the designation OTV ("Orbital Test Vehicle"):
OTV-1 was launched on April 22, 2010, and arrived on December 3, 2010. (duration 224 days).
OTV-2 runs from March 5, 2011, until June 16, 2012. (468 days).
OTV-3: December 11, 2012, to October 17, 2014 (674 days).
OTV-4: May 20th through May 7th, 2015 (718 days).
OTV-5: September 7, 2017, through October 27, 2019 (780 days).
OTV-6: From May 17, 2020, until November 12, 2022 (908 days).
The Space Force and Boeing say that the main purpose of the X-37B is to test things. The spacecraft lets researchers see how payloads work in space and then study them on Earth.
Many of these payloads are secret, as are the majority of the X-37B's actions; for example, the Space Force does not publicize the vehicle's orbit or tell us when each OTV mission will conclude.
However, military sources share details on some of the gear carried by the X-37B. We know, for example, that OTV-6 tested the U.S. Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module from the Naval Research Laboratory. The goal of this device, which is about the size of a pizza box, is to turn solar energy into microwaves that can then be sent to Earth. According to experiment team members, their efforts might help bring space-based solar power closer to reality.
OTV-6 also carried FalconSat-8, a satellite developed by students at the United States Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy has its own five experimental payloads. According to Boeing personnel, the X-37B launched FalconSat-8 in October 2021, and the satellite is still in orbit today.
OTV-6 also carried out a few well-known NASA experiments. One study looked at how space radiation impacts plant seeds, while another looked at how different materials react to the space environment.
Even though OTV-6 set a new record for the length of a mission for the X-37B program, it didn't break the record for the most time spent in space.
Some Earth-observation and communications satellites, for example, may stay in Earth's orbit for a decade or more. Since November 2000, different crews of astronauts have lived on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts have been working in interstellar space for more than 45 years.
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The robotic X-37B arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 12). The X-37B has been in orbit for 908 days, more than four months longer than any previous X-37B mission.
On the recently completed mission, the Boeing-built spacecraft also carried a service module, a first for the United States. The Space Force's X-37B programme
The X-37B looks similar to NASA's now-retired space shuttle, but it is significantly smaller, measuring just 29 feet from tip to tail. The space shuttle was 122 feet long and was piloted, while the X-37B is autonomous.
The US Space Force is known to have two X-37B vehicles, both provided by Boeing. So far, the team has launched six orbital missions, each denoted by the designation OTV ("Orbital Test Vehicle"):
OTV-1 was launched on April 22, 2010, and arrived on December 3, 2010. (duration 224 days).
OTV-2 runs from March 5, 2011, until June 16, 2012. (468 days).
OTV-3: December 11, 2012, to October 17, 2014 (674 days).
OTV-4: May 20th through May 7th, 2015 (718 days).
OTV-5: September 7, 2017, through October 27, 2019 (780 days).
OTV-6: From May 17, 2020, until November 12, 2022 (908 days).
The Space Force and Boeing say that the main purpose of the X-37B is to test things. The spacecraft lets researchers see how payloads work in space and then study them on Earth.
Many of these payloads are secret, as are the majority of the X-37B's actions; for example, the Space Force does not publicize the vehicle's orbit or tell us when each OTV mission will conclude.
However, military sources share details on some of the gear carried by the X-37B. We know, for example, that OTV-6 tested the U.S. Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module from the Naval Research Laboratory. The goal of this device, which is about the size of a pizza box, is to turn solar energy into microwaves that can then be sent to Earth. According to experiment team members, their efforts might help bring space-based solar power closer to reality.
OTV-6 also carried FalconSat-8, a satellite developed by students at the United States Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy has its own five experimental payloads. According to Boeing personnel, the X-37B launched FalconSat-8 in October 2021, and the satellite is still in orbit today.
OTV-6 also carried out a few well-known NASA experiments. One study looked at how space radiation impacts plant seeds, while another looked at how different materials react to the space environment.
Even though OTV-6 set a new record for the length of a mission for the X-37B program, it didn't break the record for the most time spent in space.
Some Earth-observation and communications satellites, for example, may stay in Earth's orbit for a decade or more. Since November 2000, different crews of astronauts have lived on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts have been working in interstellar space for more than 45 years.
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