Thursday, July 14, 2022

X37 just set a new (another) endurance record. WTF does it do in orbit?

It's got to be an orbital surveillance system that is able to change orbits to follow hot spots. Heck it could even be following certain individuals for all I know. One thing is certain. Its not experimental anymore. This thing is operational and yet nothing I've read can confirm what its job is.

via AF.mil
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.

I'm calling bullshit on that!  If that was the case then NASA would be running this show.  It's got to be a military application. Or maybe I'm wrong but this thing is like a bad joke. Everyone understands its real purpose but us...and those that do get it ain't sayin'.

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