ALV X-1

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ALV X-1 will be a sounding rocket flight of a vehicle being developed by Alliant Techsystems called the ATK Launch Vehicle (ALV). The rocket will carry the SOAREX-VI and Hy-BoLT experiments as payloads.[1] One report indicates the flight is scheduled for 2008-07-15.[2] Launch will be from the Wallops Flight Facility.

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[edit] Hy-BoLT

The hypersonic boundary layer transition experiment (Hy-BoLT) payload is sponsored by the Hypersonics Project within the Fundamental Aeronautics Program of NASA.[1] Hy-BoLT is "a wedge-shaped payload that should provide valuable data on the fundamental physics of high-Mach flight."[3] It will be launched to an altitude of 250 miles (400 km). Temperatures and pressures on different parts of the vehicle's surface will be recorded and analyzed.

[edit] SOAREX-VI

The suborbital aerodynamic re-entry experiment (SOAREX-VI), developed by NASA's Ames Research Center is being carried by the ALV X-1 flight as a secondary payload.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c ATK Completes Successful Pathfinder for Its New Launch Vehicle. ATK (2006-10-10).
  2. ^ UNITED STATES SUBORBITAL LAUNCH MANIFEST. Small World Communications (2007-06-04).
  3. ^ Little, Geoffrey (2007-09-01). Mach 20 or Bust. Air & Space Magazine.

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