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Daily Mail: US Air Force’s ultra-secretive X-37B plane has now spent 500 days in orbit as part of its latest heavily-classified mission
* The U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B has surpassed 500 days flying around Earth
* The OTV-6 mission took from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in May 2020
* The robotic space plane hosts a range of classified experiments for the military
* The return date for the OTV-6 mission is unclear at this point
The U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane that launched in May 2020 has now surpassed 500 days flying around the Earth, with no apparent end in sight.
The mission, dubbed Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6), took from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, riding atop a liquid fueled Atlas V rocket.
The robotic X-37B, which took off from Earth on May 17, 2020, is used to host a range of classified experiments for the military.
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Update: Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane wings past 500 days in Earth orbit (Space.com)
WNU Editor: Its mission is still classified.
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