Dragon catastrophe caused by the failure of the rocket – Polish Radio

                             

                                 
 
 05/20/2015
 
                             

                                 
 
 
 
     
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Mysterious vehicle X37B Photo: NASA.

                         
                     

                             Mysterious American vehicle orbital X37B began another mission. The unmanned spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
                         

                                           
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                                                         X37B secret mission – IAR, M. Wałkuski
                                                     
                                                 
                                                    
                                                                                            

Part of the US Air Force X37B vehicle was launched into space by a rocket Atlas V. Start proceeded without any interference. The machine quickly reached the speed of sound and headed for the lower Earth orbit.

The X37B is a small spacecraft resembling shuttles. It has a length of almost 9 meters and a wingspan of 4.5 meters. It weighs nearly 5 tons and reaches orbital velocity 28,000 km / h. Like the shuttles, X37B wynoszony in space by a rocket and lands horizontally like an airplane.

This is the fourth mission X37B. During the previous circled the Earth’s orbit by 674 days. The Pentagon revealed that the aim of the current mission is to test new ion engine Hall. Details of the program X37B, however, are a closely guarded secret US armed forces.

(IAR)