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Falcon Hypersonic aircraft: also the second launch test is failed

Washington, USA - HTV-2 lost shortly after the separation from Minotaur rocket

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects) has recently unveiled from its "Twitter" account that also the second flight test of its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic (HTV-2, High Technology Vehicle) is failed. The aircraft -designed for flying at a speed 20 times higher than that of sound (Mach 20)- was launched on August 10, 2011, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on a Minotaur IV. The separation...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1132867
Rome, Italy, 08/12/2011 11:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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