{"id":4485,"date":"2013-09-16T05:51:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T05:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2013-09-16T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:53:00","slug":"sci-tech-australian-scramjet-test-to-launch-soon-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4485","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Australian scramjet test to launch soon in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guy Norris at AvWeek has an extended post about the Australian SCRAMSPACE 1<\/a> scramjet hypersonic propulsion project run by the Centre for Hypersonics<\/a> at the University of Queensland, Australia : Hypersonic Countdown – On Space\/Aviation Week <\/a><\/p>\n

An Australian team is here at the\u00a0And\u00f8ya Rocket Range<\/a> near the top of Norway, north of the Arctic Circle, in the final preparation stages for launching Scramspace \u2013 one of the most novel air-breathing hypersonic free-flight experiments ever undertaken.<\/p>\n

Over the next few days the University of Queensland (UQ)-led team will send the Scramjet-based Access-to-Space Systems (Scramspace) vehicle rocketing out of the atmosphere high over the Norwegian Sea. The $12.9 million ($14 million Aus) three-year research project will culminate when the scramjet-powered craft powers back down through the atmosphere at a speed close to Mach 8. Hurtling to a watery grave at around 2.4 km\/second, Scramspace will pass through the experimental altitude zone between 19 and 16 miles in just over 2 seconds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are\u00a0 some recent UQ articles about the project:<\/p>\n