Space Plane Spotted Again in Orbit
[![][1]][2]
X37-B spaceplane captured in orbit in May 2010 by UT reader Brent ‘Bozo.’
Here’s an update on the US [Air][3] Force’s secret X-37B [space plane][4], which went missing last week — at least for us [Earth][5]-bound satellite watchers (surely the Air Force knows exactly where it is!). [Spaceweather.com][6] reports that the plane has been spotted again by a [skywatcher][7] from South Africa, Greg Roberts on October 12. Spaceweather says, “An analysis of the sighting by satellite expert Ted Molczan suggests that the X-37B has maneuvered into an [orbit][8] 54 km lower than before.” This is at least the second time the [space][9] plane’s orbit has changed, but at least we now know it is still in orbit and hasn’t landed.
If you want to try and see the X-37B yourself, visit the [Heaven’s Above website][10], and [Spaceweather ][6]also has a way to track the plane, too.
* * *
(C) nancy for [Universe Today][11], 2010. | [Permalink][12] | [One comment][13] | Add to [del.icio.us][14] Post
Feed enhanced by [Better Feed][15] from [Ozh][16]
[![][17]][18] [![][19]][20]
[![][21]][22] [![][23]][24] [![][25]][26] [![][27]][28]
[1]: http://c2431622.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Brent-5-26-10-x37b-2148pm-orlando-upload_1274938810_med-580×386.jpg (X37-B spaceplane captured in orbit in May 2010 by UT reader Brent ‘Bozo.’) [2]: http://c2431622.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Brent-5-26-10-x37b-2148pm-orlando-upload_1274938810_med.jpg [3]: http://www.universetoday.com/73227/what-is-air/ () [4]: http://www.universetoday.com/36563/spaceplanes/ () [5]: http://www.universetoday.com/14367/earth/ () [6]: http://spaceweather.com [7]: http://www.universetoday.com/49962/weekend-skywatchers-forecast-january-8-10-2010/ () [8]: http://www.universetoday.com/34665/orbit/ () [9]: http://www.universetoday.com/25406/space/ () [10]: http://www.heavens-above.com/ [11]: http://www.universetoday.com [12]: http://www.universetoday.com/75782/x-37b-update-space-plane-spotted-again-in-orbit/ [13]: http://www.universetoday.com/75782/x-37b-update-space-plane-spotted-again-in-orbit/#comments [14]: http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.universetoday.com/75782/x-37b-update-space-plane-spotted-again-in-orbit/&title=X-37B Update: Space Plane Spotted Again in Orbit [15]: http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/ [16]: http://planetozh.com/blog/ [17]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8jf7DG87-okWQvbJCcC6rj0hTSc/0/di [18]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8jf7DG87-okWQvbJCcC6rj0hTSc/0/da [19]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8jf7DG87-okWQvbJCcC6rj0hTSc/1/di [20]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8jf7DG87-okWQvbJCcC6rj0hTSc/1/da [21]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?d=yIl2AUoC8zA [22]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?a=yYoqE1pbS4c:wGhKlKudf4o:yIl2AUoC8zA [23]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?d=dnMXMwOfBR0 [24]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?a=yYoqE1pbS4c:wGhKlKudf4o:dnMXMwOfBR0 [25]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?d=7Q72WNTAKBA [26]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?a=yYoqE1pbS4c:wGhKlKudf4o:7Q72WNTAKBA [27]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?i=yYoqE1pbS4c:wGhKlKudf4o:D7DqB2pKExk [28]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/universetoday/pYdq?a=yYoqE1pbS4c:wGhKlKudf4o:D7DqB2pKExk
URL: http://www.universetoday.com/75782/x-37b-update-space-plane-spotted-again-in-orbit/