Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

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The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, and lands as a spaceplane. The X-37 is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable space technologies. It is a 120-percent-scaled derivative of the earlier Boeing X-40. The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the United States Department of Defense in 2004. Until 2019, the program was managed by Air Force Space Command.

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OTV; Orbital Test Vehicle; X-37B
length 8.9154 metre, height 2.8956 metre, mass 4990 kilogram, 
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  • Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1
    American uncrewed military spaceplane
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    American uncrewed military spaceplane
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