SpaceX Launches X-37B Spaceplane For Eighth Mission

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Aug. 21 from Kennedy Space Center carrying USSF-36, the eighth mission of the X-37B orbital test vehicle.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for its eighth mission on Aug. 21, carrying operational demonstrations for laser link communications and quantum-based navigation to orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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