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Military to Launch Space Plane in 2010

posted: 02 June 2009 10:20 pm ET

The U.S. Air Force plans to send the X-37B — a reusable, unpiloted military space plane — into orbit next year, according to SPACE.com.

The long-delayed project sounds near to reality. The X-37B OTV-1 (Orbital Test Vehicle 1) is currently on the launch manifest for January 2010, explained U.S. Air Force Captain Elizabeth Aptekar.

The winged X-37B OTV-1 (Orbital Test Vehicle 1) would tuck inside the shroud of an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV).

Read full story at SPACE.com

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