Highly classified US space plane X-37B to leave Earth for two years

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Size not matters

ISS = A bunch of countries with live web streaming every day.
Tiangong = ONE country.

Where do u hide a secret weapon?

 

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Unlike in Earth, Space has no atmosphere, that means that a Railgun aboard Tiangong or X-37B could be much smaller than a railgun in Earth.

A hypothetical Space Railgun could be small and launch two tungstens rods simultaneously with 180º degrees of separation to avoid move the spaceship from its position.

https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

May 16Atlas 5 • USSF 7/OTV-6
Launch period: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the USSF 7 mission, formerly known as AFSPC 7, for the U.S. Space Force. The mission’s primary payload is the X-37B, a spaceplane also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, on the program’s sixth mission. The rocket will fly in the 501 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from December. Moved forward from May 20.

16th May USA will launch that Space Weapon, Boeing X-37B, and no country protests about it.

Well done USA, you still have some power after China bring you to your knees with Covid, killing thousands of American people with impunity

 

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Well done USA, you still have some power after China bring you to your knees with Covid, killing thousands of American people with impunity

Have you checked your flags lately? What have you guys been doing with all your 25,000+ deaths that China has caused with impunity?

 

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...paceplane-prepares-for-launch-on-15270329.php

Mysterious spaceplane prepares for launch on Saturday

The U.S. Air Force’s mysterious spaceplane is preparing its return to orbit, where it could stay for more than two years. Out of sight, and out of mind.

“I think the most interesting part is how secret it is,” said Carter Palmer, space systems analyst at Newtown, Conn.-based Forecast International. “What they’re trying to do is anyone’s guess.”

Saturday’s planned launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida will be the sixth mission for the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. Since its first launch in 2010, the vehicle has spent seven years and 10 months in space. Its last mission returned to Earth on Oct. 27, 2019, after 780 days.

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"Each launch represents a significant milestone and advancement in terms of how we build, test, and deploy space capabilities in a rapid and responsive manner," Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, said in a news release.

The Air Force owns the spaceplane, but the Space Force, an independent component in the Department of the Air Force, is responsible for its launch, on-orbit operations and landing. The X-37B is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Saturday at 7:24 a.m. CT, though on Thursday morning United Launch Alliance said there was a 40 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.

The X-37B has wings like a NASA space shuttle, but it’s one-fourth the size and does not carry people. A fairing, which is essentially a nose cone, will cover and protect the vehicle during its ascent into space.

The Air Force touts the vehicle for its ability to test new systems in space and return them to Earth. This upcoming mission will attach a new service module to the vehicle to host additional experiments.

Experiments it will carry into space include a NASA study examining the effects of radiation on seeds used to grow food and a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment that will turn solar power into radio frequency microwave energy that could be transmitted to the ground.

“In today’s age of electrons, space systems track storms, locate stranded motorists, timestamp credit card transactions, and monitor treaty compliance,” Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said in the news release. “Demonstrating the department’s innovation, this X-37B mission will host more experiments than any prior missions.”

She also said the launch “pushes the boundaries for reusable space systems.”

Still, Phil Smith, a space industry analyst at analytics and engineering firm Bryce Space and Technology, said it’s unfortunate that the X-37B is kept so secretive. The broader aerospace community could learn a lot from these systems and their lengthy exposures to the harsh environment of space.

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And outside of the aerospace community, the spaceplane doesn’t capture a lot of buzz.

“It goes into space and then it stays up there so long that people forget about it,” Smith said. “There’s no real way for people to get excited about something they don’t see a whole lot.”