Wrong, maybe the same craft, it may stay up there if they do not get it back soon.
“Wrong, maybe the same craft, it may stay up there if they do not get it back soon.”
Apparently we lucky taxpayers own at least two of them, this one is OTV-2. The one used in the earlier mission is OTV-1.
Vehicle link:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Boeing_X-37
Current mission link:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/USA-226
I seriously doubt there’s a capability issue, I think they just want it to stay up a bit longer. Maybe it’s observing Phobos-Grunt...