NationStates Jolt Archive


Project: Black Box (Sights Set to Outter Space)

Truitt
26-12-2004, 19:00
Today, the space craft Arbiturr, of the Arbiturr-type spacecraft, landed successfully at Raptior Airforce Base, Truitt. It activated its ramjet engines after it reentered low enough orbit and began a quick decent.

It was its first mission, and Truitt's first space mission since the destruction of the sister birds Merlin Hawk I and Merlin Hawk II Space Shuttles by anti-satellite weapons.

The mission was to see how the plane operated, any flaws or malfunctions, and restock one of the Tungsten Rod-equipped Farbini Satellites with two rods after a testing strike. The mission was a success and the secound Arbiturr, the Presence, will launch in a few days to release an Observer II Multitask Satellite.