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X-43A Set To Go Hypersonic Again
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. Related Links X-43A at NASA SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 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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