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No Concordes any more I'm afraid. There are no military or civilian planes that fly that high -- unless the CIA dusts off a U-2. There is no navigation risk. I
by angry_octet 4y ago
No Concordes any more I'm afraid. There are no military or civilian planes that fly that high -- unless the CIA dusts off a U-2. There is no navigation risk.
In contrast, every orbital launch has to deal with 10s of thousands of pieces of space debris.
- emkemp 4y agoUm, the Air Force still uses the U-2. As does NASA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#Operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#Operators
- Tor3 4y agoSeveral military airplanes, including fighters, can and do fly that high and more. I never said anything about navigation risks - that was from other posters. Obviously space debris is a much higher daily risk, for satellites.
- rjsw 4y agoThe F-15 and Eurofighter Typhoon have published service ceilings of 65000ft, put them in a vertical climb and they will go a lot higher than that, the Streak Eagle reached 103000ft.
- angry_octet 4y agoStill can't see any risk. You won't find F-15s flying that high except if they need to shoot a balloon.