Artist's rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver.
Credit: Boeing Space
The Pentagon’s X-37B spaceplane will begin executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change orbit in what the U.S. Space Force described Oct. 10 as “first-of-a-kind” actions. The Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) will conduct a series of passes that use the drag of the Earth’s atmosphere to allow it...
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