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Is Transonic Same as Supersonic?

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Is Transonic Same as Supersonic?

The speed at which the shock wave forms is known as the critical Mach number. Transonic speed is typically between Mach 0.80 and 1.20. ... Supersonic speed is from Mach 1.20 to 5.0. If an airplane flies faster than Mach 5, it is said to be in hypersonic flight

hypersonic flight
Hypersonic flight is flight through the atmosphere below about 90 km at speeds ranging between Mach 5-10, a speed where dissociation of air begins to become significant and high heat loads exist.
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What's the difference between transonic and supersonic?

As adjectives the difference between supersonic and transonic. is that supersonic is (of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure) while transonic is just below, or just above the speed of sound (08 < ma < 12 approximately).

What speed is transonic?

In aeronautics, transonic refers to the condition of flight in which a range of velocities of airflow exist surrounding and flowing past an air vehicle or an airfoil that are concurrently below, at, and above the speed of sound in the range of Mach 0.8 to 1.2.

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