Kholod
Kholod (Холод) is the name of a rocket project. This project was developed in Russia. The engine of the rocket is called a scramjet. It was created to be faster than Mach 5.75. The prototype includes a Soyuz TMKB with liquid hydrogen and modified fillings from the SA-5 Gammon rockets. The rocket with the starting blocks (complete laboratory) is 12 meters long and has 750mm in diameter.[1][2] NASA cooperated on the fourth flight in February 12, 1998. The speed of that flight was Mach 6.4. 95 million United States dollars were invested in this project.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Hot breath of Kholod, RussianSpaceWeb.com, 02/ 16/ 2014
- ↑ Roudakov, A.S., Y. Schickhman, V. Semenov, Ph. Novelli, and O. Fourt, “Flight Testing an Axisymmetric Scramjet: Russian Recent Advances,” 44th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Oct. 16-22, 1993, Graz, Austria
- ↑ For sale: The fastest machine ever flown within the Earth’s atmosphere, GizMaq.com, 06/ 18/ 2014xPlanes, Jet Engines Saga - XVII. Speed records
- ↑ Supersonic HFL Kholod scramjet Mach 6.47 to go up for auction, 06/ 23/ 2014
- ↑ Supersonic scramjet to go up for auction in London
