@inproceedings{407d499cee344d9aa335c12c948baea6,
title = "Dream Chaser Nose Cone Arc Jet Testing in SCIROCCO Plasma Wind Tunnel",
abstract = "An arc jet test campaign on three different test articles was performed in SCIROCCO Plasma Wind Tunnel to qualify and characterize the high temperature performance of components of the Dream Chaser Thermal Protection System (TPS), including a full-scale technology demonstrator of the actual flight vehicle nose configuration, the Nose Cone, which achieved a maximum stagnation temperature of \textasciitilde{}1540°C after being exposed to hypersonic flow for over 12 min.",
author = "Eduardo Trifoni and Robert Slingsby and Carlo Purpura",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. All Rights Reserved.; 27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2026 ; Conference date: 07-07-2026 Through 10-07-2026",
year = "2026",
doi = "10.2514/6.2026-5084",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781624107795",
series = "27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.",
booktitle = "27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference",
}