| Re: Any guess on the altitude?
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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy Honestly, the launch altitude of all the X-15 flights should be pretty available. My recollection is most of those went from 45 or 50,000 feet, IIRC the Concorde's cruising altitude was about 50 and the sky was black from there.
EDIT: Here's a NASA page that says the launch altitude for (all?) the X-15 flights was 45,000 ft.: X-15 E-4942: X-15 launch from B-52 mothership |
Sweet thanks, I really guess I didnt relise how high that really is, didnt think land mass would be that small, and be able to space that easy.
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