The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, and lands as a spaceplane.

X-37B featuring the United States Space Force logo for the first time. X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is prepared for a launch from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Dec. 7, 2023. (Courtesy photo from Boeing)

Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Courtesy graphic by Boeing Space)

1 天前 · The Boeing-built X-37B is an uncrewed, autonomous spaceplane designed for advanced experimentation and technology testing. With its unparalleled flexibility and maneuverability, the X-37B is setting new standards in space exploration.

X-37试验机 或称为 轨道试验飞行器 （英语： Orbital Test Vehicle，常缩写为 OTV）是 美国 波音公司 研制的 无人 太空飞机。 X-37在起飞时需要以 火箭 搭载升空或大型飞机高空投放，再依靠自身动力进入近地轨道，并且在近地轨道上连续飞行一年以上。

2024年10月10日 · The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) will begin executing a series of novel maneuvers, called aerobraking, to change its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of its service module components in accordance with recognized standards for space debris mitigation.

2016年2月24日 · The X-37 is projected to be an orbital experimental vehicle to be lifted to orbit by the Space Shuttle or a reusable launch vehicle and returned to Earth under its own power.

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2025年2月21日 · Earlier today, the U.S. Space Force quietly released the first ever in-orbit photo from Boeing’s X-37, a highly secretive reusable robotic spacecraft fielded by the DOD. The …

2025年3月13日 · The U.S. Space Force landed the X-37B at Vandenberg SFB, California, to exercise its rapid ability to launch and recover its systems across multiple sites. X-37B’s Mission 7 was the first launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket to a Highly Elliptical Orbit. While on orbit, Mission 7 accomplished a range of test and experimentation objectives intended to demonstrate the X-37B’s robust ...