{"id":17714,"date":"2020-05-17T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-built-x-37b-space-plane-goes-into-orbit-for-shadowy-space-force-test-mission\/"},"modified":"2020-05-17T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T09:49:00","slug":"boeing-built-x-37b-space-plane-goes-into-orbit-for-shadowy-space-force-test-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-built-x-37b-space-plane-goes-into-orbit-for-shadowy-space-force-test-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing-built X-37B space plane goes into orbit for shadowy Space Force test mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Atlas V launches OTV-6 (USSF-7)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rTWBcOpNPwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched a Boeing-built X-37B space plane today on a semi-secret orbital mission under the management of the recently created Space Force.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today\u2019s USSF-7 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida came at 9:14 a.m. ET (6:14 a.m. PT), a day after the first attempt was called off due to weather. This is the sixth test flight of an X-37B, the first such flight to have a service module attached to the space plane\u2019s aft, and the first carried out under the Space Force\u2019s banner. ULA dedicated the launch to those affected by COVID-19 as well as first responders and front-line workers.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. military traditionally holds back the details of the X-37B\u2019s classified test missions, while providing information about experiments included aboard the uncrewed mini-space shuttle. This time, the plane is carrying payloads aimed at testing power-beaming technology and gauging the effects of space radiation on seeds for crops \u2014 plus FalconSat-8, a small experimental satellite to be deployed in orbit.<\/li>\n<li>In a statement, ULA\u2019s vice president of government and commercial programs, Gary Wentz, hailed \u201cthe success of this mission.\u201d But it could be a while before the X-37 descends from orbit to end its mission with a runway landing. Past test flights have lasted as long as 780 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched a Boeing-built X-37B space plane today on a semi-secret orbital mission under the management of the recently created Space Force. Today\u2019s USSF-7 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida came at 9:14 a.m. ET (6:14 a.m. PT), a day after the first attempt was called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,670,439,332,363,750,1011],"class_list":["post-17714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-boeing","tag-military","tag-space-force","tag-ula","tag-united-launch-alliance","tag-x-37b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}