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    AF X-37B ORBITAL TEST VEHICLE

    AF X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

    AF X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle    

    The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle or OTV, is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: demonstrating reusable spacecraft technologies for America’s future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to and examined on Earth.

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    OTV-5 transport B-Roll

    OTV-5 transport B-Roll
    09.05.17 | TSgt Timothy Kirchner | SAF
    The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) is being staged in preparation for its upcoming launch on September 7, 2017. Video courtesy of Boeing.
    X37B OTV4 Landing B-Roll

    X37B OTV4 Landing B-Roll
    05.07.17 | Michael Martin | SAF
    The Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 landed at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 2017. Managed by the...
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    X-37B OTV

    X-37B OTV
    10.27.19 | Jeremy Webster | AFMMA
    The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27,...
    X-37B OTV

    X-37B OTV
    10.27.19 | Jeremy Webster | AFMMA
    The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27,...
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    45th Space Wing launched 5th Orbital Test...
    09.07.17 | Courtesy Story | 45SW
    CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. – The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle at 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, 2017, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. At approximately eight minutes after the launch, SpaceX successfully landed the Falcon 9 first-stage booster at Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 lands at...
    05.07.17 | Courtesy Story | SAF
    WASHINGTON- The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 2017.

    X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Fact Sheet
    05.07.17 | Courtesy Story | SAF
    Mission: The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold; reusable spacecraft technologies for America’s future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth.
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