SpaceX Sends Reusable X-37B on Secretive Operation
(MENAFN) A SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle lifted off with the US Space Force’s recoverable X-37B space aircraft on a confidential, extended-duration voyage late Thursday, marking the spacecraft’s eighth outing since its initial launch in 2010.
This journey is the first since the X-37B wrapped up a 434-day mission last March, as reported by a news agency.
Due to the covert aspect of the operation, SpaceX ceased its live broadcast following the successful landing of the first stage and withheld specifics regarding the second stage, the deployment of the Boeing-manufactured X-37B, or its intended orbit.
Representatives from the Space Force and Boeing verified that two trial payloads were included in the mission.
One will experiment with rapid laser-based communication between the X-37B and miniature relay satellites, forming part of an expanding orbital network.
The other involves a quantum-based positioning device aimed at determining the spacecraft’s precise location by “detecting rotation and acceleration of atoms without reliance on satellite networks like traditional GPS,” as stated by the Space Force.
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