Air Force To Launch First X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

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Author:airboyd
Published:2010-04-22 08:16:31

airboyd.tv Courtesy Department O' Defense T' 45th Space Win' is set t' launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on April 22, 2010. Ya scallywag! T' rocket will carry t' Air Force's first X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV). Avast, me proud beauty! T' launch window for this mission is 7:51-8:02 pm T' Boein' X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator is an unpiloted demonstration spaceplane that is intended t' test future launch technologies while in orbit and durin' atmospheric reentry. Well, blow me down! It is a reusable robotic spacecraft that is a 120 percentscaled derivative o' t' X-40A. T' X-37 had its first flight as a drop test on April 7, 2006 at Edwards AFB. Avast! T' spacecraft will be launched as a United States Air Force mission, rather than a NASA mission, in April 2010.

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