Company SpaceX first launched into space a top-secret experimental drone of the U.S. air force called the X-37B. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket 16 times successfully landed on the helipad air force base at Cape Canaveral. The successful launch of a top-secret American device can not strengthen the relationship between SpaceX and the us military. When this aircraft was developed and built by Boeing, which, together with Lockheed Martin enters into joint venture United Launch Alliance and somewhat sickly competes with SpaceX.
The purpose of the X-37B is unknown. The pilot of the drone is shrouded in a veil of rumors.
The plane in the sky. X-37B, or Boeing X-37, is a space drone is solar-powered. Not only that, he set a record of being in orbit, having spent 678 days without a break, so still nobody really knows (except the U.S. government, of course), what is in all those days did. Camera in previous times was launched into orbit in may 2015, the U.S. air force, and no one can answer what the task stood in front of him.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/qmIjpZyhsP
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 7, 2017
According to the newspaper Spaceflightnow.com, US air force must have been shunting the jet engine under the name of Hall. It is reported that it is designed to enhance the performance of military communications satellites AEHF. In installations Hall with capacity of 4.5 kilowatt thrust develops at the expense of electricity and xenon. The advantage of using electric traction is that xenon fuel is lighter than traditional hydrazine. There were also rumours that the on Board X-37B is a new electromagnetic thruster EM Drive that is remotely tested by scientists on earth without the influence of gravity and other forces that could reduce the purity level of the experiments. And yet, a secret drone with a high probability will test technology that will expand U.S. opportunities for global espionage.
What will the new top-secret aircraft of the USA, also unknown. And, apparently, not supposed to know.
SpaceX first launched a top-secret experimental US air force aircraft
Ilya Hel