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The Next Generation Supersonic Transport is a supersonic transport (SST) being developed by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA. By comparison to the Aérospatiale-BAC SST Concorde the new design will carry three times the passengers (300) fly at roughly the same speed (Mach 2) 1522.4 miles per hour (2450.1 km/h) and have twice the range. The goal is to achieve a ticket price comparable to that of subsonic business class. JAXA expects to launch the plane by 2015.