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> The X-37B operates in GEO So far it hasn't. Out of the six missions so far [1], the highest one only reached altitude 404 km [2]: [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
by T-A 3y ago
> The X-37B operates in GEO
So far it hasn't. Out of the six missions so far [1], the highest one only reached altitude 404 km [2]:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37#Operational_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37#Operational_histor...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-299 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-299
Edit: or maybe 444 km [3]:
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-212#Altitude_and_ground_track_resonance_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-212#Altitude_and_ground_tr...
- schiffern 3y agoThanks for the correction. I had it confused with the GSSAP birds.[0] Mission and payload is still basically the same, but targeting LEO spy satellites. Russia has similar aspirations (and probably capabilities).[1,2] [0] https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/space-force-plans-multiple-hosted-payloads-for-geo-belt-monitoring/ https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/space-force-plans-multip... [1] https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-space-force/ https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-sp... [2] https://npolicy.org/securing-our-military-satellites-against-shadowing-spacecraft/ https://npolicy.org/securing-our-military-satellites-against...