Ames Mach 10 Demonstrator
Spacecraft · USA
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American manned spaceplane. Ames proposed in 1957 to air-launch a high-wing designed hypersonic glider from a B-36 bomber. Early versions would use an XLR-99-powered booster stage and be capable of reaching Mach 6.
The final version would be powered by a 68,000 kgf LR-89-NA-1 engine and reach Mach 10. The aircraft would be launched over the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral and then fly across the southern United States for a landing at Edward AFB in California.
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- Family
- Spaceplane, Suborbital, US Rocketplanes
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- LR89-5
- Propellants
- Lox/Kerosene
- Agency
- NASA
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