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Sunday, August 14, 2011

postheadericon Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 crashes on second test flight

The HTV-2 is designed to travel at speeds of Mach 20

Thursday was the DARPA Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle Unmanned-2 (HTV-2) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard an Air Force Minotaur IV rocket, which caused the plane inserted into the desired flight path in life. After separating from the rocket, the vehicle transitioned Mach 20 (about 13,000 mph/21, 000 kilometers per hour) aerodynamic flight, but one was a little after nine minutes of flight, the monitored signal from the vehicle lost with the first signs that in the Pacific Ocean, crashed along the planned route ... Continue Reading Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 crash on the second test flight

Section: Aero Gizmo

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