SpaceX Launches Secret US Military Space Plane X-37B Ahead Of Hurricane Irma



Space News: SpaceX launches X-37B ahead of Hurricane Irma

WASHINGTON — With Hurricane Irma looming off the Florida coast, SpaceX beat unfavorable weather odds Thursday morning to send the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane back into orbit for its fifth classified mission.

A Falcon 9 carrying the Boeing-built X-37B hidden inside its protective shroud lifted off a 10:00 a.m. Eastern from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.

By noon, the Air Force had declared the launch a success.

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