Thursday, March 3, 2011

Another Secret Air Force Launch Of The X-37B

X-37B After Landing Air Force crews tend to the X-37B secretive space plane after it returned from its maiden voyage Dec. 3, 2010. U.S. Air Force/Michael Stonecypher

Secret Space Plane to Launch Tomorrow On Second Secret Space Mission -- Popular Science

Three months after its first mission ended, the military is launching another X-37B space plane on Friday, in a second classified mission for the X-37B program. If the weather holds up, the second X-37B orbiter will launch Friday afternoon on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, according to launch manager United Launch Alliance.

Air Force officials said the plane’s first flight last year was a success, and they wasted little time in organizing the second trip, which involves a different orbiter.

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More News On The X-37B

Air Force Launching Robot Space Plane on Secret Mission Friday -- FOX News
Second Boeing-built unmanned space plane set to launch Friday -- Seattle PI
Air Force readies space plane for launch -- UPI
Second X-37B Set To Launch March 4 -- Aviation Week
Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Launching on Secret Mission Friday -- Space.com
X-37B Set For Launch -- Space Travel
Air Force to launch second orbital test vehicle -- Patrick Air Force Base
Second US 'secret space warplane' to launch tomorrow -- The Register
Space Plane: Still In Search of a Mission -- All Things Nuclear
Weather a concern for second OTV launch -- Universe Today

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