Preliminary X-43 flight test results

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-8, 2005, Pages 266-276

  McClinton, Charles R ^a   Rausch, Vincent L ^a   Nguyen, Luat T ^a   Sitz, Joel R ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAME INTEGRATED SCRAMJET ENGINES; FLIGHT TEST; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; SCRAMJET PROPULSIONS; SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES;

AIRFRAMES; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); HYDROGEN FUELS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; LAUNCHING; RAMJET ENGINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 19944366295     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.03.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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