Tag: military space
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GPS modernization continues with quick pace of launches
Artist’s concept of a GPS 2F-series satellite in orbit. Credit: Boeing A new satellite launched Aug. 1 has joined the U.S. Air Force’s GPS navigation network to help guide everything from bombs to road trippers to their destinations, with final preparations on track to send up another GPS spacecraft at the end of October. The…
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X-37B space plane scheduled to return to Earth soon
Artist’s concept of an X-37B spacecraft in orbit. Credit: Boeing A robotic U.S. Air Force space plane is set to land in California as soon as this week after a secretive 22-month flight hundreds of miles above Earth. Built by Boeing Co., the X-37B space plane will touch down on a runway at Vandenberg Air…
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X-37B space planes to move into shuttle hangars
An X-37B space plane sits on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after landing on its second mission in June 2012. Credit: Boeing Boeing engineers are outfitting two decommissioned space shuttle hangars at the Kennedy Space Center for the U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane, NASA announced Wednesday. The announcement in a…