Sunday, August 29, 2010

Secret NASA Model

Up in the heavens is the US military isecret space plane, the X-37B. Based on my research, it disappeared for 2 weeks, as it changed its orbit. This little fat guy was launched in August. I am lost, why am I only finding out about this Secret NASA Model now? It must have been top secret, but we do have a picture! Perhaps it is the future of space travel and based on this picture, it looks like it is prepared to come back to Earth one day:

X-37B Boeing

My pal found this on the internet (http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=36514&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET) where you can actual view this NASA Models orbit:

Search period start: 00:00 Sunday, 29 August, 2010 
Search period end:00:00 Wednesday, 8 September, 2010
Observer's location: Unspecified, 0.0000°N, 0.0000°E
Local time zone: Central European Summer Time (UTC + 2:00)
Orbit: 431 x 441 km, 40.0° (Epoch Aug 28)

Click on the date to get a star chart and other pass details.

Date MagStarts Max. altitude Ends
TimeAlt. Az.Time Alt.Az.Time Alt.Az.
30 Aug5.2 21:47:2010SW 21:47:3812SW 21:47:3812SW
31 Aug2.9 21:04:2410SSW 21:07:3937SE 21:07:4637SE
1 Sep3.6 20:21:3610SSW 20:24:3124SE 20:27:2410E
1 Sep5.3 21:59:5810W 22:01:2216WNW 22:01:2216WNW
2 Sep4.3 21:16:1910WSW 21:19:2128NW 21:21:3914NNE
3 Sep5.5 07:17:5410N 07:19:4414NE 07:21:3310ENE
3 Sep3.5 20:32:5410WSW 20:36:1443NW 20:39:3210NNE
5 Sep2.3 07:28:0010NW 07:31:2890SE 07:34:5710SE
6 Sep2.9 06:46:2422NNW 06:48:2155NE 06:51:4510ESE
6 Sep5.8 20:03:4610WNW 20:04:5211NW 20:05:5810NNW
7 Sep4.6 06:06:3724E 06:06:3724E 06:08:2510ESE

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