What is fastest Mach speed?


What is fastest Mach speed? The fastest Mach speed ever recorded was Mach 9.6. This speed, achieved by NASA's unmanned hypersonic aircraft “NASA X-43” is the fastest Mach recorded as of July 2023. The fastest Mach reached by a manned aircraft is Mach 6.72.


What is the highest Mach speed reached?

The X-43 is the fastest jet-powered aircraft on record at approximately Mach 9.6.


Has Mach 10 been reached?

Mach 10 speed has never been achieved by a manned aircraft, though, so it has never been tested. Mach 10 has, however, been achieved by a spacecraft - on November 16, 2004, NASA launched the X-43A, an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle, and was able to reach real Mach 10 while being pushed into the atmosphere.


Can a plane go Mach 20?

Falcon HTV-2 is an unmanned, rocket-launched, maneuverable aircraft that glides through the Earth's atmosphere at incredibly fast speeds—Mach 20 (approximately 13,000 miles per hour).