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Learning to Listen to the X-59

The Quesst mission recently completed testing of operations and equipment to be used in recording the sonic thumps of the X-59. Shown is one of 10 ground recording stations set up along a 30-mile stretch of desert to record sonic booms during the third phase of the of CarpetDIEM, Carpet Determination in Entirety Measurements flights. An F-15 and an F-18 from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center created sonic booms, both loud and soft, to verify the operations of ground recording systems.

Date
2024-01-17
Photographer / author
NASA/Steve Freeman
Collection
AFRC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Learning to Listen to the X-59" (2024-01-17). NASA/AFRC/NASA/Steve Freeman. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/AFRC2024-0008-054

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