Falcon Heavy Launches X-37B Space Plane For Classified Mission
Less than 3 hr. after a pair of Falcon Heavy side boosters returned from the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 launch, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites.
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft, owned by the U.S. Space Force, began the seventh mission in the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) program following launch to a new, undisclosed orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Dec. 28. The triple-core booster, which can carry as much as 141,000 lb...
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