Yahoo · 2d
Secretive X-37B Spaceplane To Use Aerobraking Maneuvers To Rapidly Change Orbit
The U.S. Space Force, to which the two X-37Bs are now assigned, announced the planned orbital maneuvers as part of the current Orbital Test Vehicle 7 (OTV-7) mission earlier today. The X-37B that is now in space was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 28,
Aviation Week · 2d
X-37B Spaceplane To Perform Novel Aerobraking Maneuvers
Aerobraking enables spacecraft to move across multiple orbital regimes. “This is the first time the U.S. Space Force and the X-37B have attempted to carry out this dynamic aerobraking maneuver while in orbit around the Earth,” the spokesperson said.
YAHOO!News · 3h
The Space Force's Top-Secret Spaceplane Is About to Do a Sick Stunt
Dip and Dive Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon. As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense's secretive X-37B craft is slated to do some aerobraking maneuvers while it passes through Earth's upper atmosphere,
New Atlas · 1d
Not-so-secret spaceplane to use "first-of-a-kind maneuver" to change orbit
The US Space Force's secret-but-not-really-secret spaceplane will carry out a novel maneuver called aerobraking to change its orbit. Instead of using thrusters, the robotic spacecraft will dip into the Earth's atmosphere to change its trajectory.
Popular Science · 1d
Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’
One of the US Space Force’s (sort of) secret space planes known as the X-37B is gearing up to shift its orbit in a big way. According to an official October 10 announcement from the USSF, the Boeing-built experimental aircraft has begun performing a series of maneuvers known as “aerobraking” that will see it change its altitude by conducting “a series of passes using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere.
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