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A hypersonic flight jet that will take you anywhere on Earth in just an hour

Sat 18 Jun 2022    
EcoBalance
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Aeronautics startup Venus Aerospace has released its concept for a jet plane that will carry passengers across the globe in an hour.

The Texas company has stated hypersonic aircraft will be capable of one-hour global travel and they’ve released renderings for their plane, called the ‘Stargazer’. 

They say the aircraft will have the potential to reach Mach 9 speed, which is equivalent to nine times the speed of sound.

For reference, hypersonic missiles used by the military travel at Mach 5. 

The Venus Vehicle Engineering Team have been working on the iteration of the plane since 2020.

The vehicle is being designed to hold 12 passengers and travel at an altitude of 51.8 kilometres, meaning that it doesn’t technically travel into space, despite being called a ‘spaceplane.’ 

However, passengers are expected to still have an extraordinary view of the Earth’s curvature. 

Venus claims to have ‘scaled fast’ in the last year, having designed and built its tech demonstration engine, executed key experiments at hypersonic wind tunnels and propulsion test facilities throughout the United States, and started a ground test campaign at Spaceport Houston.

They expect to start flight testing a scaled drone of the aircraft over the next year, with the first ground test expected to happen in 2025 at the earliest. 

Source: Agencies Hypersonic flight jet world Hypersonic flight jet world


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