The statement from the 45th Space Wing regarding Irma prep following the launch of the #SpaceX Falcon 9. The booster is secure.
Has OTV 5 been found? Amateur tracker Kevin Fetter reporting an object in a 61 deg, 430 km orbit. http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2018/0102.html
This image compares the orbital planes of the previous four #X37B OTV missions (red) to that of the current OTV-5 mission (white):
https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/984750411591639040?s=20QuoteThis image compares the orbital planes of the previous four #X37B OTV missions (red) to that of the current OTV-5 mission (white):
The secret X-37B/#OTV5 space plane passing over the Netherlands earlier this evening. It changed its orbit earlier in the week, and the amateur satellite tracking network has been hard at work determining its new, lower, orbit.
New blog post: "OTV 5 or Zuma? A brief explanation why this object is OTV 5 and not Zuma"https://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2018/04/otv-5-or-zuma-brief-explanation-why.html …
365 days in orbit.