Boeing X-37

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The Boeing X-37 is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane operated by the U.S. Space Force that conducts long-duration, classified orbital missions and autonomous runway landings.

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AI-generated illustration of Boeing X-37

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Boeing X-37 (The Boeing X-37 is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane operated by the U.S. Space Force that conducts long-duration, classified orbital missions and autonomous runway landings.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Boeing X-37 canonical 3
X-37 program 2
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orbital test vehicle ⓘ
reusable spaceplane ⓘ
unmanned spacecraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Orbital Test Vehicle ⓘ
X-37B ⓘ
control autonomous control ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
crew uncrewed ⓘ
designFeature delta wing configuration ⓘ
deployable solar array ⓘ
payload bay with doors ⓘ
thermal protection system ⓘ
vertical stabilizer ⓘ
developedFor United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
firstFlight 2010 ⓘ
firstOrbitalMission April 2010 ⓘ
guidance autonomous guidance ⓘ
height about 2.9 meters ⓘ
landingMethod autonomous horizontal runway landing ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
launchMass about 5,000 kilograms ⓘ
launchMethod launched vertically on expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V ⓘ
Falcon 9 ⓘ
linked to: Falcon 9 rocket

Falcon Heavy ⓘ
linked to: Falcon Heavy rocket
length about 8.9 meters ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
missionCharacteristic autonomous deorbit and landing ⓘ
classified payloads ⓘ
long-duration flights exceeding one year ⓘ
on-orbit maneuverability ⓘ
missionType autonomous runway landing missions ⓘ
long-duration orbital missions ⓘ
on-orbit testing ⓘ
technology experimentation ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
powerSource lithium-ion batteries ⓘ
solar arrays ⓘ
primaryUser United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
programName X-37 program ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
propulsionType rocket-launched spaceplane ⓘ
relatedTo Dream Chaser spaceplane ⓘ
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
X-20 Dyna-Soar ⓘ
reusability reusable ⓘ
role classified orbital test platform ⓘ
reusable spacecraft demonstrator ⓘ
spaceplane technology demonstrator ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor experiments for U.S. government agencies ⓘ
testing advanced materials in space ⓘ
testing reusable spacecraft technologies ⓘ
testing satellite technologies ⓘ
testing space situational awareness technologies ⓘ
wingspan about 4.6 meters ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing X-37 → programName → X-37 program ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
NASA X-plane series → includes → Boeing X-37 ⓘ
Orbital Test Vehicle → basedOn → Boeing X-37 program ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
Boeing Defense, Space & Security → notableProduct → X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
United States Space Force Delta 9 → operates → X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
X-20 Dyna-Soar → influenced → X-37B ⓘ
subject linked to: X-20
linked to: Boeing X-37
Boeing X-40A → program → X-37 program ⓘ
linked to: Boeing X-37
Boeing X-40A → relatedTo → Boeing X-37 ⓘ