After seven test flights, Boeing is finally starting to open up about its elusive military spaceplane.
Boeing recently put up a brief, two-minutevideoon X, featuring an illustration of the X-37B spaceplane in action.
This first-of-its-kind demonstration expands our knowledge of dynamic operations between orbits.
An artist rendering of the X-37B vehicle.Boeing
TheX-37B launched on December 29, 2023, riding on board a Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time.
Now, the spaceplane is on its way to a new orbit using aerobraking.
When we do this, we save enormous amounts of propellant, and thats really why aerobraking is important.
Before Boeing released the video, there was little information shared about the spaceplanes ongoing mission.
Its not clear what those technologies are.
The first X-37B launched in April 2010, and spent 224 days in orbit for its inaugural test flight.
Its certainly come a long way since then.
Naturally, China is also quite secretive about its reusable vehicle.
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