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India tests scramjet demonstrator over Bay of Bengal

August 30, 2016 Stephen Clark

India’s space agency launched a modified suborbital sounding rocket Sunday and ignited two air-breathing scramjet engines at Mach 6 for a brief five-second experiment that could pave the way for a future reusable space transport system.