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New air-launched small missile (alsm) flight testbed for hypersonic systems
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stenger, Mike Lux, David P. Bui, Trong T. Munson, Mike Teate, George |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | A new testbed for hypersonic flight research is proposed. Known as the Phoenix air-launched small missile (ALSM) flight testbed, it was conceived to help address the lack of quick-turnaround and cost-effective hypersonic flight research capabilities. The Phoenix ALSM testbed results from utilization of two unique and very capable flight assets: the United States Navy Phoenix AIM-54 long-range, guided air-to-air missile and the NASA Dryden F-15B testbed airplane. The U.S. Navy retirement of the Phoenix AIM-54 missiles from fleet operation has presented an excellent opportunity for converting this valuable flight asset into a new flight testbed. This cost-effective new platform will fill an existing gap in the test and evaluation of current and future hypersonic systems for flight Mach numbers ranging from 3 to 5. Preliminary studies indicate that the Phoenix missile is a highly capable platform. When launched from a high-performance airplane, the guided Phoenix missile can boost research payloads to low hypersonic Mach numbers, enabling flight research in the supersonic-to-hypersonic transitional flight envelope. Experience gained from developing and operating the Phoenix ALSM testbed will be valuable for the development and operation of future higher-performance ALSM flight testbeds as well as responsive microsatellite small-payload air-launched space boosters. |
| File Size | 4010954 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20060004771 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1mh2kp2j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2006-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Missiles Hypersonic Speed Air To Air Missiles Air Launching Hypersonic Flight Transition Flight Flight Envelopes Payloads System Effectiveness Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
