Stratolaunch Video Snagged by Local News Team
Local news team KGET snagged some of the first images of the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft, the enormous satellite-launching airplane Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites is building for Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems.
The Stratolaunch carrier aircraft will serve as a mothership for an air-launched multi-stage booster under development at Orbital ATK.
Stratolaunch carrier aircraft’s wingspan covers 117 meters, which is wider than any other plane.
To get a sense of just how gigantic this bird is, skip to the 3:07 mark.
The video features several other companies based in or around the Mojave Air and Spaceport: Masten Space Systems and their lunar landers at 4:49; XCOR and with the Lynx spaceplane at 6:12; and The Spaceship Company’s second SpaceShipTwo mothership for Virgin Galactic at 8:42.
