X-43A Set To Go Hypersonic Again

File image of the X-43A as envisaged by a NASA artist

Edwards AFB (SPX) Nov 04, 2004
Due to scheduling conflicts for use of the U.S. Navy's test range off the coast of Southern California, the final flight of the X-43A hypersonic technology demonstration aircraft has been postponed to no earlier than Monday, Nov. 15.

The exact flight date is dependent both upon the availability of the test range to support the research mission as well as weather considerations.

The mission is intended to flight-validate the operation of the X-43A's supersonic-combustion ramjet - or scramjet - engine at a record airspeed of almost Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound.

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XCOR Makes Progress On DARPA-Funded Pump-Fed Rocket Program

Mojave CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2004
XCOR Aerospace announced Wednesday it has completed another significant milestone in its Pump-Fed Rocket Program by successfully pumping liquid oxygen through a cryogenic liquid oxygen pump developed by XCOR.
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