Was NASA's X-37B launched a week before Japan EQ/Tsunami of 2011 to test new space technologies?

A second X-37 was launched on 5 March 2011, with the mission designation USA-226; it returned to Earth on 16 June 2012. A third X-37 mission, USA-240, launched successfully on 11 December 2012.

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USA-226 is the first flight of the second Boeing X-37B, the Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (X-37B OTV-2).

The spaceplane was operated by the United States Air Force, which has not revealed the specific identity of the payload for the first flight. The Air Force stated only that the spacecraft would "demonstrate various experiments and allow satellite sensors, subsystems, components, and associated technology to be transported into space and back."

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So...

One starred and I haven't even gotten started...



You can find some background info here:

Thread: Space-based weapon technology is our greatest threat. Rods from God test last week? Updates and images pg 4

Alrighty, let's begin:



Last Edited by Go2 on 05/01/2014 12:37 PM

6 days before one of the planet's biggest disasters...X-37B is launched (mission USA-226).

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So if you can entertain this notion...let's take it up another level.

2 months before the Russian Meteor event in Chelyabinsk, X-37B launched again (USA-240).

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So, yea...I'm curious.

Mission USA-226

Most of the mission parameters for the first OTV-2 flight have not been disclosed. The Air Force stated the mission time would depend on progress of the craft's experiments during orbit. On 29 November 2011 a spokesperson for the Secretary of the Air Force announced the mission was extended beyond its original life expectancy, citing ongoing experimentation.

In addition to its unspecified payload, OTV-2 carried a folded solar panel in its cargo bay to power the spacecraft during its year and a half long mission.

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This launch video was released 2 days before 2011 Japan Eq/Tsunami event



Last Edited by Go2 on 05/01/2014 01:00 PM

It swung by Nicaragua before it landed