{"id":2526,"date":"2013-05-28T22:22:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2013-05-28T22:22:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:22:26","slug":"x-37b-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"X-37B update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard David gives the latest on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_X-37\" target=\"_d\">X-37B<\/a> currently in orbit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/21321-military-space-plane-x37b-mystery.html\" target=\"_d\">US Military Space Plane&#8217;s Mystery Mission Passes 5-Month Mark &#8211; Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. Air Force&#8217;s robotic X-37B space plane has quietly passed the five-month mark on its latest secret mission in Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The unmanned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/11033-photos-x37b-space-plane-2nd-flight.html\">X-37B spacecraft<\/a> launched into space atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida\u2019s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11, 2012, kicking off a mission whose objectives and payloads are classified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the launch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhAxiU5xL24?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard David gives the latest on the X-37B currently in orbit: US Military Space Plane&#8217;s Mystery Mission Passes 5-Month Mark &#8211; Space.com. The U.S. Air Force&#8217;s robotic X-37B space plane has quietly passed the five-month mark on its latest secret mission in Earth orbit. The unmanned X-37B spacecraft launched into space atop an Atlas 5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">X-37B update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-EK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":804,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=804","url_meta":{"origin":2526,"position":0},"title":"Update on the X-37B program","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Leonard David writes about the X-37B reusable space planes, one of which is currently in orbit: US Military's X-37B Space Plane Settles Into Latest Mission - Space.com A video from\u00a0Canadian astronomer Kevin Fetter showing the X-37B OTC-3 moving across the night sky: http:\/\/youtu.be\/MJPtg-0rfa8","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/MJPtg-0rfa8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10682,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10682","url_meta":{"origin":2526,"position":1},"title":"Hobbyists tracking the X-37B spaceplane in orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Spacecraft tracking hobbyists are now following\u00a0the X-37B US military spaceplane, which was recently launched onto an undisclosed orbit: Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Spotted by Amateur Astronomers - Leonard David\/Space.com X-37B spaceplane\u2019s orbit discovered -\u00a0Spaceflight Now For more about seeing and tracking spacecraft of all sorts, see the HobbySpace\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Satellite Watching&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Satellite Watching","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=29"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5583,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5583","url_meta":{"origin":2526,"position":2},"title":"Video of X-37B passes + Tracking secret spacecraft","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The reusable\u00a0X-37B\u00a0military spaceplane still in orbit after a year was spotted recently by an amateur spacecraft tracker \u00a0(via\u00a0Spaceports blog): On Nov 24th and 28th, 2013, Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Ontario captured imagery of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane in the night sky. 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