Is there a hypersonic test flight in California? What to know about Stratolaunch

Stratolaunch aerospace company may conduct a hypersonic test flight from California. Test uses world's largest aircraft as an airborne launch platform ...
Rams Wire

Stratolaunch may test hypersonic rocket aircraft based in California's Mojave Desert

Stratolaunch previously announced it received $24.7 million from the Missile Defense Agency for a hypersonic flight test targeted for late 2025.
SpaceNews

Stratolaunch announces hypersonic vehicle plans

The Talon-A reusable hypersonic vehicle will launch from Stratolaunch's giant aircraft and fly to speeds of up to Mach 7 before gliding to a runway landing. Credit: Stratolaunch Updated 1 p.m. Eastern ...
C4ISRNET

Stratolaunch sets sights on hypersonic speeds for next Talon-A test

A Talon-A test vehicle separates from its launch system. (Ethan Wagner/Stratolaunch) Following a successful test flight in which its Talon-A vehicle reached near-hypersonic speeds, Stratolaunch is ...
The Aviationist

Stratolaunch Prepares for Reported In-Flight Drop Test of Talon Hypersonic Testbed

World’s Largest Aircraft Seen with Engines Running and New Test Payload at Mojave. A tip from one of the most accomplished spotters in the U.S. on Thursday, October 13, 2022, led TheAviationist to the ...
Flying

Stratolaunch TA-1 Hypersonic Test Vehicle Completes First Powered Flight

Stratolaunch successfully completed the first powered flight of its TA-1 hypersonic test vehicle, achieving all primary objectives. The flight involved a safe release from the Roc aircraft, engine ...
Engadget

Stratolaunch completes second flight of world's largest plane

Stratolaunch has taken another step towards its goal of air-launching hypersonic vehicles. On Thursday, the company has completed the second test flight of its carrier vehicle, which is currently ...
GeekWire

Stratolaunch air-launch venture says it’s been transferred to new owners by Paul Allen’s Vulcan

Stratolaunch’s plane took its first test flight in April. (Scaled Composites Photo) Stratolaunch, the company that was founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen in 2011 to build a flying ...
Flightglobal

Stratolaunch wraps critical design review, aims for hypersonic flight test in 2022

Stratolaunch, owner of the world’s largest aircraft, has completed a critical design review of its Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle. The Mojave, California-based company plans to use its massive, ...
Los Angeles Times

Stratolaunch gets a mysterious new owner, a year after Paul Allen’s death

Stratolaunch was advertised as a way to make launching satellites as routine as operations at an airport. Now, just six months after the massive rocket-launching plane finally took its first flight ...
GeekWire

Stratolaunch lands its mammoth airplane early after a flight test that didn’t meet all of its objectives

Stratolaunch’s twin-fuselage Roc airplane gets ready for its sixth flight test. (Stratolaunch Photo) Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier than ...