The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) program is a hypersonic flight-test program. The HIFiRE-5b flight flew in May 2016. The principle goal of this flight was to measure hypersonic boundary-layer transition on a three-dimensional body. The flight was fully successful, and measured leading edge, acreage, and centerline transition under supersonic and hypersonic conditions. This paper describes the HIFiRE-5b mission and some general conclusions derived from the experiment. This is one of five other companion papers that describe the experiment and postflight test and analysis in more detail.
Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation-5b Flight Overview
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 55 , 6 ; 1303-1314
2018-11-01
Conference paper , Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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