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> At the end of the mission, the X-37B jettisons the disposable service module before reentry. The Space Force doesn't want this section of the spacecraft to re
by quotemstr 2y ago
> At the end of the mission, the X-37B jettisons the disposable service module before reentry. The Space Force doesn't want this section of the spacecraft to remain in its current high-altitude orbit and become a piece of space junk.
I imagine they also don't want our peer adversaries picking up our space trash and reverse engineering what we're doing.