{"id":1201162,"date":"2023-11-08T20:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1201162"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:10:50","slug":"in-a-surprise-move-the-militarys-spaceplane-will-launch-on-falcon-heavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1201162","title":{"rendered":"In a surprise move, the military\u2019s spaceplane will launch on Falcon Heavy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The military’s X-37B spaceplane landed last November to end the program’s sixth mission. (credit: US Space Force\/Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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The US military’s reusable X-37B spaceplane will launch on the next flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, scheduled for December 7, officials announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This was unexpected because the spaceplane’s six previous missions launched on medium-lift Atlas V or Falcon 9 rockets. This next mission, the seventh by an X-37B spaceplane, will fly on a heavy-lift launcher for the first time.<\/p>\n

The payload for the next Falcon Heavy rocket was a secret before the military’s announcement on Wednesday. The mission was known simply by the designation USSF-52, and it will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – In a surprise move, the military\u2019s spaceplane will launch on Falcon Heavy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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