Preliminary X-43 flight test results

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 13, Issue , 2004, Pages 8493-8501

  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

HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; MACH NUMBER; RAMJET ENGINES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

HYPERSONIC PROPULSION; SCRAMJET ENGINE; SPACE-LAUNCH VEHICLES;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 34249052805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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