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During its extended journey, the X-37B successfully demonstrated orbital maneuvering techniques, including using atmospheric drag to change orbits, a fuel-efficient method that extended the ...

Abstract: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a crucial technology in marine surveillance. Moving ships are always defocused in SAR images, which affects the following identification process. Inverse ...

Space Force shared several images of the aircraft after ... "Mission 7’s operation in a new orbital regime, its novel aerobraking maneuver, and its testing of space domain awareness experiments ...

"An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while ... objectives across orbital regimes. Advert "The successful execution of the ...

The technique can alter the craft's orbital trajectory, or slow it sufficiently to let gravity pull it earthwards. It also allows for the safe disposal of the service module mounted on the craft ...

“Mission 7’s operation in a new orbital regime, its innovative aerobraking maneuver, and its testing of space domain awareness experiments mark a pivotal moment in the X-37B program ...

Noteworthy, the photos of OTV-7 upon return ... and experimentation objectives across orbital regimes. The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force ...

U.S. Space Force's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7 ... OTV-7 conducted including the completion of a novel aerobraking maneuver that involved using atmospheric drag during the ...