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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 95 - Salt Lake City - March 2005
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE B - MISSILES AND SPACE 8.1 X-43A Flights 2 and 3 GNC Performance
Title	X-43A Flights 2 and 3 GNC Performance
Presenter	Ethan Baumann for Catherine Bahm
Affiliation	NASA Dryden
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Abstract	The Hyper-X program was created to demonstrate the free-flight operation of an airframe integrated scramjet vehicle. To achieve this goal, the Hyper-X research vehicle was required to successfully separate from its launch vehicle, maintain the required test conditions during the scramjet operation, and descend to the ocean. The program conducted two successful flight tests. The first successful mission to Mach 7 occurred on March 27th, 2004. The final mission was to Mach 10 and occurred on November 16th, 2004. This presentation provides an overview of the X-43A’s performance during the Mach 7 & Mach 10 missions. In addition, the Mach 10 Mission’s unique challenges along with the Guidance & Controls lessons learned from the previous Mach 7 mission are discussed along with their application to the Mach 10 mission’s software update.