What does that thing actually do?

what does that thing actually do?

Fly

how does it fly with such little wings

tests space stuff i think

If they gave it a nice paint job it would be kinda cute

upper atmosphere uav

mai shuttlefu

it's a new type of satellite, why keep blasting those things on top of a rocket when you can build them inside of this type of frame that can go up and down by itself.

Lady bug point

Paint

Ummmm...something something fires a laser into the ionosphere which creates a giant signal collecting dish or magnifying lens depending on ddcbs something something hey there's a sni-

Secret Jewish Business

Disposal of corpses via atmospheric re-entry.

It neutralizes anything capable of monitering the Ghoul.

lol am i not supposed to talk about the ghoul? lmao

you'd be surprised. it actually uses its [redacted] to [redacted] but in space. and then it can [redacted] the [redacted] at [redacted]

Here's the original appearance of the X-37 when it was first proposed in 1999.

It probably spies on foreign spy satellites. I t can also deliver payloads to orbit.

powerful ass engine

proving every day that people are not necessary for space exploration

it does everything the big ass expensive shuttles used to but better and quicker

You would not understand. The optics of OTV-5 have currently given us SIGINT intel sensitive enough to hear a baby cry 200 kilometers from the target in Petrozavodsk and OPINT in an accuracy of 3 CM per pixel.

OTV-5 can read the warning label on a pack of cigarettes in Moscow right now.

With the power of fucking freedom. Recently it was used for running tests on new optics. It stays in low orbit for hundreds of days at a time. It can carry 6 marines.

Fuck! You weren't supposed to tell. Yeah, it fires a laser array into the ionosphere, arranging the molecules in to a massive signal collector larger collectively than any deep space radio array, yet it is only "looking" at Earth Atmosphere, Surface, and crust to an accurate data collection depth of 4,200 feet in depth.

"SIGINT intel" is a very redundant statement, private.

So it is, Major.

Reusable satellite with modular payloads. It's like having a U-2 in space. Most of the suspected orbits seen by amateur astronomers are similar to known reconnaissance satellite paths.

The X-37 also travels on a rocket. It is also put inside a payload fairing.

So, I just wanted to let you Liberal subversive treasonous Democratic Faggots know that (you) are being watched and listened to 24 - 7. Any Time. Anywhere.

Look for an early 1980s National Geographic cover that showed a LIDAR Image of the Nile Basin.

Reagan released that image to let the Soviets know we could, did, and targeted every mobile launcher they had while letting the rest of the world think we were just were looking for water for Africa.

We sent the Soviets a message; "We know where you are."

Not really, Fagot.

Also they could probably use it to test new sensors in a real-world (well, real-space) environment before attaching them to future satellites. Maybe in-orbit satellite repairs if there's a robotic arm in the bay.

dat wing load

fpbp

lifting body

Spies on enemy satellites/carries payloads too sensitive to be flown without a recovery system

Good thing those democratic "traitors" have never once voted against increasing military budgets or against expanding surveillence powers.

By traitors, did you mean controlled opposition?

it detects whales stupid

>signals intelligence intelligence

My guess is it's either a space drone or a prototype space fighter plane with many different payload options.

suiecdie plan
to poom poles
too boom poland

This thing spent over two years in space in various orbits testing all manner of stuff and then landed safely back home. Its an amazing piece of engineering.

Something SpaceX would do for 1/50 of it's price

tests out new propulsion system.

test

This is why we can't have nice things

where is even the cockpot

it looks like made from "pappmache"

fake af

...

it knocked the chinese space station out of orbit

It can be used to capture objects in orbit and return them to earth.

It can also be used to de-orbit objects, or change their orbit.

It can also be used as a physical link for data upload/download to objects.

Basically it goes up, fucks around with everyone's spy and telecom satellites, and then picks something juicy and brings it back home to the USA so it can be picked apart.

Uber for ayylmaos

wot is ghoul?

Fuck off Podesta.

yeh true duddd dude hitler burn in poland!!!!
He born there and everyone loves him even the jews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there is no cockpit, it is a remotely operated vehicle

the underside are ablative ceramic plates to protect it during re-entry

the top are materials that are resistant to radiation, likely radar absorbing, and also provide a degree of protection from micro-meteoroid impacts, since the vehicle cannot shield itself using its ablative plating otherwise it would be unrecoverable if a tile was significantly damaged

it is not a traditional fuselage for atmospheric flight, though it does serve that purpose temporarily as it returns to earth

>where were going, we dont need wings

no but really, fly fast enough and anything pointy will fly, at higher speeds wings actually become a drag (badum tish)

generally speaking you are right, but this is actually a lifting body, and its atmospheric flight is more like a carefully controlled. semi-powered low speed glide

the whole vehicle is a wing, essentially

Probably optical surveillance for us intel it recently went up again in a falcon9

very carefully

Where going to use it to blow up leaf land !

>height 9ft 6in

manlet shuttles BTFLEO

By this diagram: I believe the main goal is to topple down buildings by melting the steel beams, as it carry jet fuel with it.

Tests this shit

now drop and give me 20

delivers payload straight into your mom's mouth

>Experiment bay

What?

SpaceX already shot one of those in an orbit.

> where is da Cockpot
> It looks like "pappfen mache"

Its UAV, and contrary to scifi, our space vehicles are not nuclear powered husks of solid steel or concrete.

bay where the experiments are
hope this helped