SpaceX and Space Force Collaborate for Secretive X-37B Space Plane Launch
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SpaceX and the US Space Force are preparing for the launch of the secretive X-37B space plane, scheduled for December 10. The X-37B, built by Boeing, is set to lift off atop a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission details are classified, but the X-37B is known to carry both military and civilian payloads, including novel reconnaissance instruments and a NASA project testing the effects of space radiation on seeds. This will be the seventh flight of the X-37B, and the first to use the Falcon Heavy rocket.
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