US EditionSpace Force Will Test Next-Gen Navigation, Comms Technology in Eighth X-37B Mission
UNITED STATES, JUL 28 – The X-37B mission will test the world’s highest performing quantum inertial sensor to enable navigation without GPS and demonstrate secure laser communications with commercial satellites, the Space Force said.
- The U.S. Space Force will launch the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane on its eighth mission, OTV-8, no earlier than August 21, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center.
- This launch follows the spaceplane's return in March 2025 after a 434-day mission focused on testing new orbital regimes and space domain technologies.
- The OTV-8 mission will demonstrate advanced high-bandwidth laser communication technologies alongside a quantum inertial sensor with unprecedented performance in space, aimed at enhancing navigation capabilities in environments where GPS signals are unavailable or compromised.
- General Chance Saltzman highlighted that the mission includes testing an advanced quantum inertial sensor, the most capable of its kind deployed in orbit, which aims to improve navigation in scenarios where GPS signals may be unreliable or unavailable.
- The mission aims to enhance the resilience and connectivity of the Joint Force and inform future space architectures by testing communications and navigation technologies in contested environments.
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Miami (USA), 28 Jul (EFE).- The X-37B unmanned aircraft that Boeing designed for the United States Space Force will travel next August with the most powerful quantum inertial sensor carried before, in which it will be its eighth mission and depart from central Florida. The use of the new sensor will allow precise navigation, even in areas where currently GPS does not work, a key technology for future missions in deep space, beyond Earth orbit, a…
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