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Space Force Set To Launch X-37B Test Vehicle Aboard Falcon Heavy Rocket

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

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Space Force Set To Launch X-37B Test Vehicle Aboard Falcon Heavy Rocket

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Nov. 1st last year. The mission marked the first use of the Falcon Heavy for National Security Space Launch (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Systems Command on Thursday said it is targeting December 10 for the launch of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, marking the seventh mission for the Boeing [BA]-built unmanned spacecraft that will reenter Earth’s atmosphere and land as a space plane. The upcoming U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission is being conducted as part of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, which also includes launches provided by the United Launch Alliance joint…

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