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Cleared Direct Aug 17, 2026

Stratolaunch, Roc, and the Three-Hundred-Eighty-Five-Foot Wingspan Built to Drop a Hypersonic Rocket Off Its Belly

Roc, the world's largest airplane by wingspan, was built to launch satellites but now drops hypersonic test vehicles for the US military.

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Cleared Direct Aug 12, 2026

Stratolaunch's Roc, the Three-Hundred-Eighty-Five-Foot Twin-Fuselage Airplane Built to Air-Launch to Space and Now Flying America's Fastest Test Vehicles

How Stratolaunch's Roc, the world's largest airplane, pivoted from orbital rockets to launching America's fastest hypersonic test vehicles.

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Cleared Direct Aug 9, 2026

Stratolaunch, the Roc, and the Twin-Fuselage Giant That Traded Rockets for a Reusable Hypersonic Testbed

The Stratolaunch Roc, the largest-wingspan aircraft ever flown, now serves as a reusable hypersonic testbed after its orbital-launch mission failed.

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Cleared Direct Jul 26, 2026

The Mothership and Air-Launch to Orbit - Stratolaunch's Roc, the Six-Engine Giant That Turns a Runway Into a Spaceport, Told From the Innovation Hangars at Oshkosh

How Stratolaunch's Roc, the world's largest-wingspan aircraft, turns a runway into a spaceport through air-launch.

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