The launch date and time have been decided
SpaceX and the US Space Force have decided to launch the secret X-37B space plane. As the Space Force announced in an email newsletter, final preparations are being made for the launch of the unmanned spacecraft on the evening of December 10th.
The spaceplane is scheduled to lift off on a Falcon Heavy rocket from a pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a 10-minute window that opens at 8:14 p.m. Eastern Time on December 10, 2023 (December 11). at 04:14 Moscow time).
This should be the seventh flight within the X-37B project. The US military is believed to have two X-37B aircraft and have flown a total of six missions, each longer and more ambitious than the last. The sixth test flight lasted 908 days, takeoff took place on May 17, 2020, and landing – November 12, 2022. It is unclear how long the upcoming flight will last.