The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and three universities in the country completed the first national hypersonic combustion test at Mach 5, as confirmed by JAXA on its official portal. The experiment validated for the first time in Japan the technology needed to develop aircraft capable of flying at five times the speed of sound. The test was conducted at the JAXA Kakuda Space Center facility in Miyagi Prefecture, with an experimental…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and three universities in the country completed the first national hypersonic combustion test at Mach 5, as confirmed by JAXA on its official portal. The experiment validated for the first time in Japan the technology needed to develop aircraft capable of flying at five times the speed of sound. The test was conducted at the JAXA Kakuda Space Center facility in Miyagi Prefecture, with an experimental…