#hypersonicflight — Public Fediverse posts

OMG, it seems Reaction Engine's Skylon is still in the works, now rebranded and with ESA's funding:

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Shaping_the_Future/INVICTUS_Europe_s_new_hypersonic_test_platform

Since I started reading sci-fi, I dream of single stage to orbit spaceplanes and the Skylon concept is something I hope for for the last twenty years since I learnt about it.

#space #hypersonicflight

Seattle Space Week provides a peek at hypersonic blaster
Most weeklong tech events have opportunities for entrepreneurs to make contacts and trade tips, serious sessions where CEOs and public officials share their visions, and happy hours where future deals are made. But how many “tech weeks” include a show-and-tell fe
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/10/seattle-space-week-provides-a-peek-at-hypersonic-blaster/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #Military #SeattleSpaceWeek #Space #WaveMotionLaunch

New Frontier Aerospace tests 3D-printed rocket engine
Kent, Wash.-based New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests, in preparation for an initial flight test of a hypersonic drone that could take place as early as next year.

Mjölnir is named after the h
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/new-frontier-aerospace-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engine/
#GeekWire #3DPrinting #HypersonicFlight #NewFrontierAerospace #Space

Radian unveils plan for reusable re-entry vehicle
Seattle-based Radian Aerospace says it’s developing a reusable re-entry vehicle that can be used to test aerospace components under stressful conditions and then bring them back down to Earth.

The Radian Reusable Re-entry Vehicle, or R3V, is meant to advance technologies that the company is building in
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/29/radian-unveils-plan-for-reusable-re-entry-vehicle/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #RadianAerospace #Space

Stratolaunch’s prototype rocket plane goes supersonic
Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company’s mammoth airplane deployed a winged test vehicle for its first rocket-powered flight.

Stratolaunch’s single-use TA-1 test vehicle blazed
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/03/09/stratolaunchs-prototype-rocket-plane-goes-supersonic/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #HypersonicFlight #Military #Stratolaunch #Technology

New Frontier bridges past and future of hypersonic flight
TUKWILA, Wash. — Thirty years after the first flight of a pioneering reusable rocket ship known as the Delta Clipper Experimental, or DC-X, a commercial venture is aiming to bring its legacy to life in the Seattle area. Even its name — New Frontier Aerospace — is a callback
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/09/08/new-frontier-bridges-past-and-future-of-hypersonic-flight/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #Military #NewFrontierAerospace #Space

Stratolaunch hits milestone in its hypersonic quest
California-based Stratolaunch, the venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, released a separation test vehicle for the first time this weekend during an experimental flight of the world’s largest airplane.

The event marked a significant milestone
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/05/14/stratolaunch-hits-milestone-in-its-hypersonic-quest/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #Aviation #HypersonicFlight #Military #Stratolaunch #Technology

Stratolaunch’s mammoth plane begins its big year
Stratolaunch, the air-launch company founded by the late Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen, today conducted its second captive-carry test flight with the world’s largest airplane and a piggyback payload. The six-hour outing from California’s Mojave Air and Space Port marked further progress t
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/01/13/stratolaunchs-mammoth-plane-begins-its-big-year/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #Hypersonicflight #Space #Stratolaunch

Air Force Research Lab agrees to support Stratolaunch’s first hypersonic flight test - Stratolaunch’s Talon-A separation test vehicle is nestled between the twin fusela... - https://www.geekwire.com/2022/air-force-research-lab-stratolaunch-first-hypersonic-flight-test/ #hypersonicflight #stratolaunch #airforce #military #talon-a #tech