Wednesday, January 30, 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.

8 comments:

Hans Persson said...

Its just stuck up there 😂

Jokes aside, i would love to know what its doing up there. Probably something obvious and boring. But could be doing some really cool stuff!

Bob Huntley said...

My guess is that it is there to provide backup communications/GPS during wartime when it is likely the existing infrastructure will be destroyed, which I think will happen very quickly.

Anonymous said...

looking for takeout places for Trump should he build hotels in outer space

Anonymous said...

Mueller Witness’ Team Gamed Out Russian Meddling … in 2015
One former analyst at the Wikistrat consulting firm called it ‘disturbing.’

Anonymous said...

8k HDTV, baby!

This started under Obama. That dude knew watching Pelosi lie is best at 8k. #taxeswellspent

Roger Smith said...


I wonder how many hours have been spent by the Chinese and Russia trying their national best to hack this thing?
I'll say one thing this looks like it got a paint job at one of those $29.95 paint job outfits before launch.

Anonymous said...

If I had one of those, it wouldn't be looking down, it would be looking at other satellites. There are so many hobbyists tracking satellites, I wonder if this thing stays in the same orbit, or moves around. Mine would be moving around checking out the neighborhood.

Hans Persson said...

My bet is that its equipped with an AI that maps other countrys (ie. China) satellites behaviors and figures out what they are doing to assess which ones to take out first, in case.