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India’s first hypervelocity expansion tunnel test facility
February 13 , 2024
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- The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has successfully built and tested India’s first hypervelocity expansion tunnel test facility.
- The facility is capable of generating flight speeds ranging from 3 to 10 km/s, simulating hypersonic conditions.
- It is crucial for various applications such as atmospheric entry of vehicles, asteroid entry, scramjet flights, and ballistic missiles.
- The facility called S2 is nicknamed “Jigarthanda”.
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