This was the first time that the space plane had launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to a highly elliptical (flattened) orbit. From there, the plane conducted what Space Force describes as ...

The aircraft is solar-powered, reusable and operated remotely. Space.com noted that most of its payloads remain classified. Space Force said the tests while in a highly elliptical orbit ...

disc-shaped orbit known as an elliptical plane. Planet Earth is also doing this. So viewing the other planets in our solar system from Earth is like watching cars on a racetrack when you are in ...