Secretive Space Plane's Retro-Burn Snapped By Satellite Hunter

This is very interesting.

Can any image experts confirm this footage?

They claim it's a fuel dump and burn by the X-37B.

I'm an amatuer but it looks pretty real to me.

Good source too, a regular spy hunter group with no such claims like this before.

What do you guys think?

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Definitely interesting. Very wierd looking stuff, but I have no knowlege of this subject. I too, hope more knowledgeable posters will contribute.

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The timing is right for it to be the X-37. It launched around 1pm EST on Tuesday afternoon.

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This is legit.

Space.com is carrying the story too:

www.space.com...

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Nice find.
Wonderful photos and video.

Question.

Why does the rocket "retro-burn"?

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The retro-burn is used to place it into a precise orbit by slowing the craft down.

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thank you.

2nd

Interesting, I always thought that the X space plane was all speculation. Not that I doubted they had something similar but I never knew it was common enough knowledge to say It took off at this time on this date and yes it is in fact this craft.

Cool.