SpaceX Starlink Being Used In Supersonic & Hypersonic Aircraft Test Programs

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is now being used by supersonic and hypertonic commercial aircraft developers on their test vehicles. Two firms, Boom Supersonic and Hermeus, which are developing new aircraft capable of traveling supersonically and hypersonically, have installed Starlink terminals and used the service on their test beds and support aircraft. Hermeus, a Georgia-based firm that aims to develop the world’s first hypertonic civilian aircraft, is currently testing its Quarterhorse Mk1 prototype, and it successfully taxied the aircraft with Starlink, according to CEO AJ Piplica.

Boom Supersonic, on the other hand, integrated a Starlink dish on its observation aircraft for the tests of the XB-1 prototype and flew the dish at 0.95 Mach as part of preparations for a supersonic live stream using Starlink.

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Hermeus’ Piplica revealed on X that his firm had installed and tested a Starlink dish on an aircraft in record time. Piplica’s firm is developing the Halcyon aircraft, which it hopes will be the first hypersonic passenger aircraft in human history. To develop Halcyon, and the Darkhorse uncrewed military jet, Hermeus is currently working on the Quarterhorse Mk 1 prototype.

The Mk1 is the first Quarterhorse test bed aircraft designed for flight. Hermeus unveiled the Mk1 in March and…