Hypersonic transport system

A hypersonic transport system for transport of passengers in a commercial flight comprising:

• an aircraft comprising a secondary propulsion device and position sensors, wherein the aircraft also comprises a variably shaped aerodynamic surface;
• a main propulsion device which is removably attached to the aircraft;
• and
• a control unit which is configured to control the aircraft and the main propulsion device so as to perform the following stages while keeping a positive load factor less than 1.5 G and more than 0.7 G:
• a take-off and climb stage until reaching, at the end of the latter, an altitude greater than or equal to 30 km and a speed greater than or equal to 3,000 m/s, the main propulsion device being separated from the aircraft at the end of the take-off and climb stage;
• a stage of cruising by bouncing off the earth's atmosphere during which the control unit operates the secondary propulsion device to maintain a predefined trajectory of the aircraft and to actively maintain the positive load factor to be more than 0.7 G, thereby preventing periods of near-weightlessness during said bouncing;
• and
• a descent and landing stage during which the control unit controls a modification of the shape of the variably shaped aerodynamic surface of the aircraft to perform a dissipative descent such that the secondary propulsion device is not active during the dissipative descent, the control unit then controlling the secondary propulsion device to perform a rollover and an active slowing down of the aircraft after the dissipative descent,
• wherein the control unit is configured to adjust acceleration and trajectory to keep a positive load factor less than 1.5 G and more than 0.7 G.