Thursday, 31 January 2019

Top Secret U.S. Military Space Plane Pasts 500 Days On Its Mystery Mission

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Space.com: US Military Space Plane Wings Past 500 Days on Latest Mystery Mission

The secretive mission of a U.S. Air Force X-37B miniature space plane just winged past 500 days of flight.

The robotic drone is performing classified duties during the program’s fifth flight.

The current mission — known as Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) — was rocketed into Earth orbit on Sept. 7, 2017, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

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WNU Editor: 500 days is a long time.

from War News Updates http://bit.ly/2Uuclx7

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