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27th Dec 2019, 19:07

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Herod

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If that is Mach 27, that's greater than orbital velocity, so would very much doubt it. ( Mach 1 is 660 kts, Mach 27 is 17820 Orbital velocity is, I believe 14,760, obviously at orbital height.) Figures approximate.

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