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Stratolaunch Celebrates First Powered Flight of TA-1 Test Vehicle
Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1. This first flight represents a major milestone in the development of the country’s first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test capability. Primary objectives for the flight test included accomplishing safe air-launch release of the TA-1 vehicle, engine ignition, acceleration, sustained climb in altitude,…
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Stratolaunch Completes 2nd Captive Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle
Stratolaunch announces the completion of a second captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1. The flight was the thirteenth for the company’s launch platform Roc and the second in which the aircraft carried a Talon vehicle with live propellant aboard. It was also the first time TA-1 operated within the Vandenberg Western Range as part of a…
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Stratolaunch Successfully Completes Captive Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle
Stratolaunch, LLC announces the completion of a captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1. The flight was the twelfth for the company’s launch platform Roc and the first in which the aircraft carried a Talon vehicle with live propellant as part of a buildup approach for Talon-A’s first powered flight. Stratolaunch’s Roc launch platform and Talon-A…
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Stratolaunch Successfully Completes Separation Test of Talon-A Vehicle
Stratolaunch LLC announces it has successfully completed a separation release test of the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0. The flight was the eleventh for the company’s launch platform Roc and the second time the team has conducted flight operations in Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Western Range off California’s central coast. With this landmark test complete, the team progresses toward its first hypersonic flight of TA-1 in…
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Stratolaunch Completes Second Captive Carry Flight with TA-0 Test Vehicle
Stratolaunch, LLC announces the completion of its second captive carry flight with the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0. It was the ninth flight for the company’s launch platform, Roc. Stratolaunch’s Roc launch platform carries the Talon-A separation test vehicle during its second captive carry flight on Jan. 13, 2023. Credit: Gauntlet Aerospace / Christian Turner The flight set a new duration record…
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Stratolaunch Completes First Flight with Talon-A Separation Vehicle
Stratolaunch announces the successful completion of its first captive carry flight with the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0, integrated with Roc’s center wing pylon. The eighth flight test of Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft, lasted 5 hours and 6 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached an altitude of 23,000 feet (7000 meters). Stratolaunch’s Roc aircraft takes off from…
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Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Completes Sixth Flight Test
Stratolaunch announces the completion of its sixth flight test of Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft. The aircraft flew for 1 hour and 26 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached an altitude of 15,000 feet (4572 m). The sixth flight focused on continuing Roc’s flight envelope expansion with the recent addition of the pylon on the aircraft’s center wing.…
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Stratolaunch Debuts Talon-A Separation Test Vehicle
Stratolaunch is excited to announce the public debut of its structurally complete Talon-A test vehicle, TA-0, in this week’s issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. This first Talon-A vehicle will be used to test and validate Roc’s release system and characterize the separation dynamics of the Talon vehicle. In addition to the first view of the vehicle by itself, the article…
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Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Completes Fourth Flight Test
Stratolaunch LLC is excited to announce the successful completion of its fourth flight test of the carrier aircraft, known as “Roc”. Roc is the world’s largest aircraft, with a 385 ft. wingspan. The aircraft flew for 1 hour, 43 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached an altitude of 15,000 feet (4572 m). As part of this latest flight, pilots…
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Stratolaunch Completes Historic First Flight of Aircraft
MOJAVE, Calif., April 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, founded by Paul G. Allen, today successfully completed the first flight of the world’s largest all-composite aircraft, the Stratolaunch. With a dual fuselage design and wingspan greater than the length of an American football field, the Stratolaunch aircraft took flight at 06:58 AM PDT from the Mojave Air & Space Port. Achieving a maximum speed of 189 miles per hour, the plane flew for 2.5 hours over the Mojave Desert at altitudes up to 17,000 feet. As part of…
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