HyperStar is a proposed
supersonic
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jet airliner
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designed by HyperMach
CEO Richard H. Lugg. Lugg said, in a 2016 ''Altitudes Aviation'' interview and at a 2014 presentation at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, that he plans to have the hypersonic transport airborne by June 2028. The HyperStar is expected to reach speeds of up to
Mach number
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It is named after the Moravian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
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3.6 () and fly at an altitude of 80,000 feet (24,380 m). Its propulsion is projected to be 30 percent more fuel efficient than the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Engine which flew the
Concorde
The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France an ...
. Hypothetically, the HyperStar would fly three times faster than the speed of the Concorde. It is planned to be powered by two engineered 157,700 thrust SonicBlue HYSCRAM (Hypersonic Superconducting Combustion Ram Accelerated Magnetohydrodynamic Drive ) hybrid hypersonic 6500-X series engines.
Sonic boom
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is expected to be eliminated over land, through electromagnetic drag reduction technology currently under development.
The proposed HyperStar would carry 10 to 20 "luxury" passengers.
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Supercruise
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Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport
The Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport or ZEHST is a planned hypersonic passenger jet airliner project by the multinational aerospace conglomerate EADS and the Japanese national space agency JAXA.
On 18 June 2011, the ZEHST concept was unveil ...
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SpaceLiner
SpaceLiner is a concept for a suborbital, hypersonic, winged passenger supersonic transport, conceived at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) in 2005. In its second role the SpaceLiner is intended as ...
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''Orient Express'' X-30 follow-on
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Boeing Sonic Cruiser
The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a concept jet airliner with a delta wing– canard configuration. It was distinguished from conventional airliners by its delta wing and high- subsonic cruising speed of up to Mach 0.98. Boeing first proposed it i ...
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Concorde
The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France an ...
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Aerion SBJ
The Aerion SBJ was a supersonic business jet project designed by American firm Aerion Corporation.
Unveiled in 2004, the designer sought a joint venture with a business aircraft manufacturer for a $1.2–1.4 billion development in 7–8 years ...
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