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Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.

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The U.S. military's secretive X-37B space plane will begin a series of "aerobraking" maneuvers soon.

Boeing Space released a video detailing how the maneuver will work and why the space plane is performing it.

The maneuver uses the friction of Earth 's atmosphere to help guide a spacecraft to a new orbit.

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