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Falcon 9 rocket will send the X-37B spaceplane of US Air Force into orbit

Washington, USA - The launch that was announced to US Senate on Tuesday should take place next August

The Secretary of the US Air Force Heather Wilson announced at an hearing at the United States Senate on Tuesday that the next launch of the US Air Force's X-37B spaceplane will take place in August, and that the vehicle will be sent into orbit by a Falcon 9 launcher by SpaceX. The X-37B is an unmanned reusable orbital vechicle which was originally developed by Boeing and NASA and later on by USAF. Last...

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Rome, Italy, 06/08/2017 08:57
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