The company’s mammoth airplane deployed a winged test vehicle for its first rocket-powered flight. Stratolaunch’s single-use TA-1 test vehicle blazed a trail for future reusable hypersonic ...

TA-1's propulsion system is made up of a liquid-propellant rocket engine that powers the aircraft to its intended speed. TA-1 pictured prior to its flight on March 9. Stratolaunch via Twitter/X At ...

The Stratolaunch was constructed out of two 747s, and is designed for a single purpose: as a mobile launch platform for orbital rockets. There are a couple of ways to measure the size of an aircraft.

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test flights of its hypersonic Talon-A vehicle. (Stratolaunch) Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic ...

It's called the Stratolaunch, and it's designed to launch rockets into space in what is known as low-Earth orbit, which means the spacecraft is between 99 and 1,200 miles above the Earth's surface.

A California-based company has been awarded a contract by Missile Defense Agency for hypersonic flight test campaign. Stratolaunch has been awarded a $24.7 million competitive agreement to support the ...

It will tow a launcher to high altitude, drop it, and fire the rocket toward space. It's not yet certain how much payload Stratolaunch can get into orbit, but the carrier is capable of lifting a ...

Test pilots and engineers embark on the first flight of the largest airplane ever constructed, Stratolaunch, a one-of-a-kind carrier aircraft designed to transport rockets, spacecraft, and ...