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Launch of Eighth X-37B Mission Planned for Aug. 21

Frank Wolfe

Monday, July 28th, 2025

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Launch of Eighth X-37B Mission Planned for Aug. 21

Pictured is the X-37B, which the U.S. Space Force said is to take off on its eighth mission on Aug. 21 (Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing [BA] X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.--an eighth X-37B mission to demonstrate "next-generation technologies including laser communications and the highest performing quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space," the service said on Monday. Last Dec. 28, the X-37B used a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time for the plane's seventh flight from Kennedy Space Center (Defense Daily, Jan.…

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