How Stratolaunch turned Roc, the widest airplane ever built, into a reusable hypersonic test platform flying Talon A vehicles past Mach 5.
VectorStratolaunch's Roc, the largest-wingspan aircraft ever flown, now drops reusable Talon-A vehicles into hypersonic flight for U.S. defense testing.
VectorHow Stratolaunch's Roc, the world's largest airplane, pivoted from orbital rockets to launching America's fastest hypersonic test vehicles.
VectorStratolaunch's Roc, the widest airplane ever built at 385 feet, now air-launches the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle past Mach 5.
VectorAir-launch drops a rocket from a jet at 40,000 feet to skip thick air - but orbit is a speed problem, and that's why the idea stalled.
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