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Josh Dinner

US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech

A winged space plane stands up inside its protective fairing before being sealed up for launch.

The U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane is poised to launch to orbit once again.

The X-37B is slated to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Force officials announced on Monday (July 28).

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