{"id":50432,"date":"2023-12-29T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/29\/us-space-force-sends-x-37b-craft-on-another-secretive-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:37:37","slug":"us-space-force-sends-x-37b-craft-on-another-secretive-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/12\/29\/us-space-force-sends-x-37b-craft-on-another-secretive-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force sends X-37B craft on another secretive mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy launch vehicle successfully lifted the U.S. Space Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/10\/28\/the-air-forces-x-37b-spaceplane-finally-landed-after-spending-two-years-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">X-37B test platform<\/a> to orbit, continuing the vehicle\u2019s experimental and largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/05\/17\/the-space-force-just-launched-the-mysterious-x-37b-space-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\">classified mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dec. 28 mission was the X-37B\u2019s seventh launch. The Boeing-built spacecraft serves as a testbed for new technologies for both the Defense Department and NASA. Its first flight was in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a very important mission and our teams worked shoulder-to-shoulder to ensure a successful launch,\u201d Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, commander of Space Launch Delta 45, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While details about the duration of its mission and most of the payloads X-37B is carrying are secret, one of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/05\/07\/here-are-a-few-of-the-experiments-hitching-a-ride-on-the-air-forces-secret-space-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\">experiments<\/a> is a NASA project called Seeds-2, testing how different seeds react to long-term exposure to radiation in space. The Space Force said in November the mission will also experiment with \u201cfuture space domain awareness technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese tests are integral in ensuring safe, stable, and secure operations in space for all users of the domain,\u201d the service said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The X-37B\u2019s most recent mission, OTV-6, returned in November 2022. During that mission, the vehicle included a service module that allowed it to carry more experiments than previous iterations. Those included the Naval Research Laboratory\u2019s Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module experiment \u2014 which used solar power to create radio-frequency microwave energy \u2014 as well as two NASA projects similar to Seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That mission also included FalconSat-8, a small satellite developed by the Air Force Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s mission was the second to fly on a SpaceX rocket and the first to lift off on the company\u2019s Falcon Heavy vehicle. 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