The Space Force's X-37B "space plane" is expected to launch back into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. It will join a similar spacecraft launched by China last week and the pair will become “two of the most watched objects on orbit while they’re on orbit," according to Gen. Chance Saltzman, who heads up the Space Force. “It’s no surprise that the Chinese are extremely interested in our space plane, and we’re extremely interested in theirs,” he told a conference earlier this month.
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