2023-12-29 00:31:06
2023-12-29 08:31 Compiled by Lianhe Daily: Xu Yuhan/Real-time reporting
The U.S. military’s mysterious unmanned space plane X-37B will return to space on the evening of the 28th Eastern Time to carry out its seventh mission. It will be the first time it is carried by the “Falcon Heavy” rocket of the space exploration technology company SpaceX.
Archyde.com reported that the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 pm Eastern Time on the 28th. The rocket will carry the military X-37B unmanned space plane and will The plane was sent to unprecedented heights.
It had been postponed three times earlier this month due to poor weather conditions and unspecified technical issues. The latest weather forecast on the 28th shows that the probability of favorable launch conditions is 80%.
Since 2010, the X-37B has carried out six missions, with the most recent flight lasting more than two years until returning to Earth in November 2022.
The U.S. Department of Defense has rarely disclosed the details of the X-37B mission, except that it is part of the U.S. military’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program.
The X-37B is similar to NASA’s miniature space shuttle, which is reusable and fully autonomous. This is the seventh mission performed by the X-37B.
The launch will be broadcast live on the SpaceX website. It is unclear where in space the X-37B will be launched to.
The Pentagon has not disclosed the flight altitude of the space plane, but the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office issued a statement last month stating that the seventh mission will involve “testing of new orbital regimes to test the future space field.” Perception Technology”.
The X-37B’s research mission includes helping complete a NASA experiment to study the effects of long-term exposure of plant seeds to the harsh radiation environment of spaceflight. The purpose of the experiment is to find how to maintain space in future long-term missions to the moon and Mars. Man survives.
The US military’s mysterious unmanned space plane X-37B will return to space on the evening of the 28th Eastern Time to carry out its seventh mission. road…
China’s Shenlong space plane was launched into space on the 14th by the Long March 2F rocket. This launch system is not as powerful as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket and is limited to transporting payloads to low-Earth orbit.
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