- Hypersonic flight
Hypersonic flight is
flight through theatmosphere at speeds above about Mach 5.5, a speed where disassociation of air begins to become significant and high heat loads exist.Hypersonic flight has been achieved by theSpace Shuttle 's orbiter, theApollo command module ,Buran andscramjet s.History
Proposed hypersonic aircraft
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HyperSoar Cancelled hypersonic aircraft
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Sanger bomber
*X-20 Dyna-Soar
*NASP ee also
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Hypersonic
*Supersonic transport
*Lifting body
*Atmospheric entry References
* [http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/1958/naca-report-1382.pdf A comparative analysis of the performance of long-range hypervelocity vehicles]
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