The Aurora certified as an aircraft so it can use a conventional runway.
Credit: Dawn Aerospace
Dawn Aerospace has flown its Mk. 2 Aurora rocket-powered suborbital demonstrator aircraft twice within 8 hr. The vehicle took off from Glentanner Aerodrome on the South Island of New Zealand. On both flights the aircraft reached speeds of Mach 0.9 and an altitude of 63,000 ft., the company said Oct...
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