How fast was the X-15 rocket plane?
7,274 km/hAbout 4,520 mph · Jet
It reached Mach 6.7 in 1967, the fastest crewed plane.
That's about 130 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🚀7,274 km/h
✈️the Comet
By speed: the X-15 is about 9.8× faster than the Comet.
Things about as fast
- How fast is sound in water?5,328 km/h
- How fast does a spacecraft orbit the Moon?5,760 km/h
- How fast does the Sun spin at its equator?7,189 km/h
- How fast does Phobos orbit Mars?7,700 km/h
- What is the Moon's escape velocity?8,568 km/h
- How fast does Uranus spin at its equator?9,320 km/h
- How fast does Neptune spin at its equator?9,650 km/h
- How fast does a geostationary satellite move?11,070 km/h
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