Next X-37B Mission to Test Quantum Sensor and Laser Link Experiments Written 29 July 2025
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The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. | Associated Press–©
Breaking Defense reports, “The Defense Department’s secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will lift off again in late August, carrying a quantum sensor that could enable navigation when GPS is unavailable as well as a laser communication system, the Space Force announced today. The Aug. 21 mission will be the eighth for the mysterious space plane, which is operated by the Space Force in partnership with the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.”
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