An uncle of mine wants to know what the terminal velocity (top speed) of the Space Shuttle is just before it reaches its destination altitude in orbit? So far I only know that it can reach Mach 30 (as I saw on TV). It also occured to me that the Shuttle can reach a higher speed but never does because its travel distance to orbit (and fuel) isn't enough for it to actually reach its "potential maximum" (as I like to call it) speed.
Please give your answer in:
* km/h
* mph
* Mach
Thanx everybody!
2006-12-11 01:21:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
i heard 17500 mph
2006-12-11 01:44:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Top speed of Space Shuttle (in km/h, mph & Mach)?
An uncle of mine wants to know what the terminal velocity (top speed) of the Space Shuttle is just before it reaches its destination altitude in orbit? So far I only know that it can reach Mach 30 (as I saw on TV). It also occured to me that the Shuttle can reach a higher speed but never does...
2015-08-06 15:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 00:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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MiG-25 Foxbat Mach 3.6 on radar (engines were scrapped afterward) SR-71 Mach 3.2 top operating speed but rumors say more.(but do some googling and you'll find some real bullet pilots telling you 3.2 is the best they can get to due to temps and other factors) these are the fastest true aircraft below are craft that aren't 100% true airplanes. (some rocket powered, for example) X-15. Air launched from B-52, liquid-fuel rocket powered. fastest speed record was Mach 6.8. piloted. X-43A scramjet testbed, on 16 November 2004, of approximately Mach 10 (6,600 mph, 10,622 km/h, 2.95 km/s) at 95,000 ft (29 km, 17.99 mi) is an air-breathing jet engine record. Unmanned and air launched. The space shuttle reaches Mach 25 on re-entry
2016-04-09 21:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mph To Mach
2016-12-17 13:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by embrey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
17500 mph/28,157.5 km/h/Mach 22 is the velocity that the current shuttle in space needed to escape earths orbit
to the person who said that challenger was going 18,000 mph when it blew up after 37 seconds, that is not correct considering that the escape velocity is as i have mentioned above
2006-12-11 09:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The normal speed of a space shuttle in orbit is about 17,580 miles an hour. However, Challenger was traveling at a speed of about 18,000 miles an hour, at a height of 46,000 feet when she blew up, as she was attempting to leave orbit.
Columbia was more than 200,000 feet up (roughly 38 miles) moving at about 12,500 mph when she exploded over Texas. She had slowed quite a bit from orbit speeds and was continuing to slow when the desaster happened
So orbit speed would be different than liftoff or re-entry speeds.
The orbital speed is determined by the altitude that the Space Shuttle operates. The operational altitudes that most missions use is between 140-310 nautical miles.
The lower the spacecraft is, the faster it needs to go to maintain the orbit. Likewise, as the spacecraft flies at higher altitudes, less velocity is required to maintain its orbit.
A minimum speed of about 17,000 mph is needed to "Break Gravity" and achieve orbit, but it is more complicated than that.
It has a lot to do with thrust ratios and weight and a few laws of physics, plus a few things i am leaving out.
Eric
2006-12-11 02:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by eric_the_red_101 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
im pretty sure the shuttle can reach app 21000 mph and orbit is 17,500 mph thats the orbit speed of earth due to our gravity any slower you would fall back into orbit and the escape speed is 11.2km/s (if you go that fast you go right out our orbit deep into space). or orbit speed is something like 8km/s and anything less falls back down to the surface.
hope this helps
2006-12-11 06:22:43 · answer #8 · answered by Its Me! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
17,500 miles (28,000 kilometers) per hour, now that's about Mach 22. To drop ur jaw, Mach 22 = 7 486.38 meters / second
2015-05-18 12:00:02 · answer #9 · answered by Emmanuel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mach 25
21000 mph
11.2 km/h
2006-12-14 13:23:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋