The aim is to design a missile capable of either high supersonic ( Mach 4-5 ) or hypersonic speeds ( Mach 7-8)
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Above about Mach 5, these wave angles grow so small that a different mathematical approach is required, defining the Hypersonic speed regime.
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Such nozzles are called de Laval nozzles and in extreme cases they are able to reach hypersonic speeds ( at 20 �C ).
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The new weapons will be " capable of hitting targets continents away with hypersonic speed, high precision and the ability of wide maneuver,"
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The solid propellant motor was made by Grand Central Rocket company and was used for a variety of uses, including research into hypersonic speed.
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The Russian Iskander-M travels at hypersonic speed of 2100 2600 m / s ( Mach 6 7 ) at a height of 50 km.
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Capable of hypersonic speeds, it has a range of 600 km and is capable of carrying a payload of one-tonne conventional or nuclear warhead.
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A hybrid jet engine like SABRE needs only reach low hypersonic speeds inside the lower atmosphere before engaging its closed cycle mode, whilst climbing, to build speed.
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In September 2013, SpaceX successfully relit three engines of a spent booster on an orbital launch, and the booster re-entered the atmosphere at hypersonic speed without burning up.
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Even assuming drag is no worse at hypersonic speeds, you will need a terminal velocity ( on leaving the launch tunnel ) many times higher than escape velocity.
