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The X-37B space in the United States is seen on space on a runway at the Vandenberg Space Base in California after returning to Earth in the early hours to end its OTV-7 mission on March 7, 2025. Credit: American space power
The space space plane in the United States returned, and X-37B returned to Earth after spending more than 434 days in orbit on a secret mission.
This was the seventh task of the X-37B space plane, which was officially appointed X-37B Orbital Test Oper-7 (OTV-7), which fell at the Vandenberg Space Base in California, today (March 7). The landing occurred at 2:22 am EST (0722 GMT).
During the mission, the Boeing-built X-37B performed a “air maneuver” that showed its strong ability to maneuver. In the air maneuver, the X-37B used the clouds caused by the Earth’s atmosphere to change its orbit more efficiently.
“Mission 7 Broke New Abourt by presenting the X-37B ability to achieve the goals of testing and experimenting with flexibility through tropical systems.”
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X-37B Test Test Mostruct-7 (OTV-7) at Vandenberg Space Base, California, on March 7, 2025. Credit: American space power
It was not just the flexibility of X-37B in the air that was under the audit during this task.
This was the first time that the space plane was launched over the heavy Spacex Falcon missile into a very flat (flat) orbit. From there, the plane has conducted what Space Force describes as “the experiments of awareness technology in the space field that aims to improve the knowledge of space power in the United States of the space environment.” Spacex launched the X-37B OTV-7 task on December 28, 2023.
Aerobic maneuver was used to take X-37B from the very elliptical orbit to low-Earth orbit while maintaining fuel. After more experiments, the plane was returned and returned to the ground.
Technicians are approaching huge protective suits from the U.S. X-37B spacecraft after landing at Vandinburg Space Base in California to end a secret mission for 434 days on March 7, 2025. Credit: American space power
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“The Mission 7 process is in a new tropical system, a new airways maneuver, and a test of space awareness experiences has written an exciting new chapter in the X-37B program,” said Blin Stewart, director of the X-37B program. “Looking together, it represents a great milestone in the continuous development of the ability of the dynamic mission to the power of the American space.”
Although it is a long 434-day task, the X-37B’s OTV-7 flight was not the longest flight of the automatic space plane. This record was registered during the OTV-6 mission, which spent 908 days in orbit between May 2020 and November 2022. In fact, every X-37B trip has spent more time in space than OTV-7, with the first trip only-OTV-1 task 224 days-spending less time in orbit.
The American space force currently has two X-37B spaces to fly these independent space tasks.
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