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.The Russian Central Aerohydraulic Institute (TsAGI) is working on aerospace system that can deliver passengers and cargo at speeds of about 20,000 kilometers per hour, the press service of TsAGI.
The system, which will "radically" reduce the flight time, consists of a subsonic carrier aircraft and aero-space plane (SCD) with liquid rocket engine.
When range 16-17 thousand miles during the flight the aircraft, including active excretion, a space flight with okoloorbitalnoy speed and planning in the atmosphere will not exceed 50 minutes, the press service. This feature of the flight - the alternation of high and zero congestion
http://www.bfm.ru/news/2010/07/01/rossija-gotovit-proryv-v-sfere-mezhkontinentalnyh-pereletov.html
note this article is translated version