US air force launches secret space plane
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US Air Force has launched its much-talked-about Atlas V rocket that carried an X-37B space plane for a secret mission. The rocket was launched on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, a day after bad weather halted plans for a Saturday launch. The aircraft, an Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), has been tasked with deploying a satellite into the orbit and also test power-beaming technology. It is the plane's sixth mission in space.