This will be its first mission. The USSF-52 will send up the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, a seventh mission for the Boeing-made space plane. Onboard the unmanned space plane, also known as OTV-7 ...

designated USSF-52, the fourth flight for the second X-37B. Noteworthy, the photos of OTV-7 upon return 434 days later show the X-37B sporting the USSF markings and not the USAF markings observed ...

The National Security Space Launch program successfully launches the Falcon Heavy USSF-52 mission on Dec. 28, 2023, from the Eastern Range. Credit: U.S. Space Force The U.S. Space Force has ...

US Air Force (USAF) and US Space Force (USSF) officials are looking to mature ... elements of the USAF's fixed-wing fleet, such as the B-52 bomber. US Army leaders have also begun to incorporate ...

when SpaceX launched the United States Space Force X-37B spaceplane on the USSF-52 mission. The uncrewed X-37B spacecraft lifted off atop Falcon Heavy from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC ...

It will include PlanetIQ’s GNOMES-3 satellite. Second quarter: Falcon Heavy USSF-52 — This United States Space Force mission will launch an unknown payload. It will take off from Launch ...

The mission, designated USSF-52, marked Falcon Heavy’s ninth launch overall and the third Falcon Heavy launch in support of national security, according to SpaceX. Footage shared by Florida ...

The Pentagon has released little information about the space drone and its mission, and SpaceX only cited the Pentagon's mission code name -- USSF-52 -- in its statement on the launch.

But in a statement in November, the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office said the mission, designated by the Space Force as USSF-52, would involve tests of “new orbital regimes, experimenting ...