The mission will test laser communications using commercial satellite networks and the use of quantum inertial sensors in GPS-denied environments.

Space Force is sending the X-37B up once again, this time to test laser communications and a “quantum inertial sensor.”

Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ready for another go. For its upcoming mission, the spaceplane will test new technologies meant to bolster military capabilities in space, such as a navigational sensor that could replace GPS.