00:00What if I told you the U.S. is about to launch a military spacecraft so secret?
00:04They won't even say when it's coming back?
00:06Meet the X-37B, an autonomous space plane built by Boeing and operated by the U.S. Space Force.
00:13It's heading into orbit again for its eighth mission,
00:16this time hitching a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
00:21This isn't just another space launch.
00:23The X-37B has already spent 4,200 days in space,
00:27flown 1.3 billion miles, and stayed up there for nearly three years straight.
00:33But what it does up there? Mostly classified.
00:36This time, it'll be testing laser communications, faster and safer than radio,
00:41and a quantum sensor that could let it navigate without GPS.
00:45In short, it's pushing the limits of what military tech can do in space.
00:49And Space Force isn't hiding its mission.
00:51Make America's defense systems in orbit more secure, more connected, and more prepared.
00:56You might not see it flying, but the X-37B is silently shaping the future of space warfare.
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