A classified military space plane will now occupy a vacant shuttle hangar at the Kennedy Space Center.

The use of the hangar, called the Orbiter Processing Facility-1 is "to efficiently land, recover, refurbish and re-launch" the X-37B program. The unmanned system was built and supported by The Boeing Co. The X-37B, also known as the X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), measures 29 feet long, has a 15-foot wingspan, and weighs about 11,000 at launch.

However, officials have not yet confirmed the exact date of the space plane's relocation to the hangar. The Kennedy Space Center has been looking for new users for their facilities since their shuttle retired in 2011.

Florida's board of aerospace agency has already approved a budget of $9 million to be used in the renovation of two shuttle hangars. One of these hangars will be used for the X-37B. The fund was provided by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Hundreds of jobs are expected to be created by the space plane's relocation. According to U.S Senator Bill Nelson, people are needed to facilitate the renovation of the processing facility as well as to act as engineers and technicians. Space Florida initially estimated that this could make at least 200 jobs but it is not yet clear how many jobs in total this move could create.

"This is significant for KSC because it is again additional space business, but diversification," said Nelson to USA Today.

NASA has been negotiating with Space X to give exclusive use of its historic launch pad and also with Space Florida for the operation of the three-mile runway. The three-mile runway will be used to land X-37B.

Speculations about the unmanned space plane have been abundant since the news of its relocation. Some claim that the space plane is used to test sensors for spy satellites while some says it performs surveillance procedures.

"This is a program that is important to American national security," said Nelson to USA Today. "It's experimental in nature, but it will last."