Tag: X-37B
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ULA enters LVOS operation ahead of USSF-7 launch
United Launch Alliance (ULA) path to the USSF-7 launch achieved a major milestone on Thursday during “Launch Vehicle on Stand (LVOS)” operations. This marks the beginning of the final assembly of the launch vehicle inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at SLC-41, which is located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For the mission, ULA…
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Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane lands after spending 780 days in orbit
The Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (Air Force Photo) The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane landed today after spending a record-setting 780 days in orbit testing hush-hush technologies for long-duration spaceflight. Touchdown at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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SpaceX launches Air Force’s secret X-37B space plane as Hurricane Irma nears
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, sending the Air Force’s X-37B space plane into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX launched the Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane on its latest months-long, classified mission today – marking another first for the company, with an oncoming hurricane adding to the pressure.…
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SpaceX launches first X-37B launch with a Falcon 9
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the US military Thursday, carrying the X-37B spaceplane to orbit for its fifth mission. Liftoff for the OTV-5 mission occurred at the first attempt, with a T-0 of 10:00 AM Eastern time (14:00 UTC) out of the Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A in Florida. The booster returned to…
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Bulgariasat launch realigns; SpaceX secures X-37B launch contract
SpaceX has realigned the launch date for the Bulgariasat-1 mission, which due to a two day launch delay with CRS-11 is now targeting launch No Earlier Than Saturday, 17 June – continuing the company’s cadence of one launch every two weeks. More impressively, SpaceX has also officially landed a contract with the Air Force for…
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Air Force’s X-37B lands at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility
After several false dawns, the US Air Force’s X-37B mini-spaceplane has landed at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the first time. With local reports of a sonic boom breaking through the morning air in areas of Florida, the Air Force confirmed the landing took place on Sunday at the historic Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)…
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Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands in Florida after secret 2-year orbital mission
Workers in protective suits check out the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehcile after its touchdown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. (U.S. Air Force Photo) After nearly two years in orbit, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today with a loud sonic…
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One year in space: X-37B spaceplane celebrates anniversary without fanfare
Atlas 5 launches with X-37B on May 20, 2015. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images CAPE CANAVERAL — Orbiting the world in seclusion for the past year, the Air Force’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane marks the anniversary of its launch today. The stubby-winged craft was boosted into space by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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One year in space: X-37B spaceplane celebrates anniversary without fanfare
Atlas 5 launches with X-37B on May 20, 2015. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images CAPE CANAVERAL — Orbiting the world in seclusion for the past year, the Air Force’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane marks the anniversary of its launch today. The stubby-winged craft was boosted into space by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Credit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force’s mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth. The X-37B craft, making the program’s fourth mission into space, was launched May 20 from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…