X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

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X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:10 pm

The X-37 spaceplane landed at KSC this morning, after 900 days in space conducting various public and classified experiments.

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article ... l-mission/
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Re: X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:00 am

Looks like a MQ-25 that has missed a lot of WeightWatches meetings......... :D
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Re: X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:45 pm

Super impressive thingy with truly long missions.
I wished I knew more about what it is used for?
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Re: X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:39 pm

Noshow wrote:
Super impressive thingy with truly long missions.
I wished I knew more about what it is used for?


The flippant answer is to give conspiracy nuts something else to fixate on!
The proper one is, though it is classified, for some of the payloads, it's also an experimental vehicle generally, not just an intel platform.
So technologies to test say materials, components for long duration spaceflight in general can get very extended testing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37
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Re: X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:56 pm

Thanks for guiding me to Wikipedia.
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display ... l-mission/
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Re: X-37 lands at KSC after 900+ days in orbit

Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:20 pm

Noshow wrote:
Thanks for guiding me to Wikipedia.
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display ... l-mission/


Well, it’s fine for overview, history, what we do know.
Given how much is classified, free of wild speculation for the most part.
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