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Air Force’s X-37B Scheduled To Launch Today

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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The Air Force’s reusable unmanned space vehicle prototype, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is scheduled for a third launch today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., service spokesman Capt. Nicholas Plante said yesterday. The Air Force launched in April 2010 the first of two prototype space planes, which stayed in orbit for seven months, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). In March 2011, the service launched the second prototype, which remained in orbit for more than…

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