SpaceX launched the US Army spaceplane into orbit – Kommersant
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The Falcon Heavy rocket launched the US Space Force’s secret X-37B spaceplane into orbit. The SpaceX rocket was launched from the launch complex in Florida on December 28 at 20:07 local time (December 29 at 4:07 Moscow time), SpaceX said on Twitter.
The mission’s objectives are classified and the duration of the flight is also unknown. The US Space Force clarified that the task of launching the spaceplane will be to conduct tests, including work in new orbital regimes, experiments with technologies for monitoring space conditions, as well as studying the radiation effects on various materials in the interests of NASA.
The X-37B reusable spaceplane was launched for the first time on April 22, 2010. Today’s launch was the seventh.
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