USA 299

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aka OTV 6, USSF 7

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General

Designation	45606 / 20029A
Launch date	17 Mar 2020
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Military: space plane
Perigee/Apogee	390 km
Inclination	45°
Period
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #84

Another flight for the X-37B spaceplane with a service module.

The mission deployed USA 300.

Further, two NASA experiments will study the impact of radiation and other space effects on certain materials and seeds used to grow food. Another experiment by the Naval Research Laboratory will transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground. In addition, the mission will test reusable space vehicle technologies.

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