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Stratolaunch confirms launch vehicle development plans
Stratolaunch announced Aug. 20 that it is developing a family of vehicles, including a reusable spaceplane, that could launch from the giant aircraft it is developing.
Stratolaunch planning first aircraft flight this summer
Stratolaunch expects to conduct the first flight of its giant aircraft this summer as it develops a broad spectrum of launch services that will make use of it, the company said April 16.
Stratolaunch aircraft edges closer to first flight
The giant aircraft being developed by Stratolaunch as part of an air-launch system is one step closer to its first flight after a new series of taxi tests.
NASA agreement sign of Stratolaunch engine development program
An agreement to do engine testing at a NASA center is the latest sign that Stratolaunch is considering developing its own launch vehicle for its giant aircraft.
Engine test latest step for Stratolaunch’s giant aircraft
Stratolaunch announced Sept. 19 that the company has achieved another milestone in the development of a unique giant aircraft that will serve as a launch platform.
Smallsats promoted as “insurance” for national security space systems
Advocates of small satellites argue that such systems could offer a much-need “layer of resiliency” for national security space applications for as little as one percent of current spending on such programs.
Stratolaunch rolls out giant aircraft
Stratolaunch, the company backed by billionaire Paul Allen to develop air-launch systems, rolled out its giant carrier aircraft for the first time May 31 in advance of ground and flight tests.
Ex-Stratolaunch boss joins satellite startup setting up shop on college campus
A startup that aims to build 200 satellites a year is opening an automated manufacturing facility on a college campus and adding a former Paul Allen hire to its board of director.
Stratolaunch to launch Pegasus rockets
Stratolaunch Systems will use the giant aircraft the company is currently developing to launch Pegasus rockets from Orbital ATK as part of a “multi-year” partnership, the two companies announced Oct. 6.
Stratolaunch seeks launch partners as aircraft nears completion
As work on its giant aircraft nears completion, Stratolaunch Systems is still working to line up partners to provide launch vehicles to serve the growing small satellite market.
Stratolaunch Plans Fall Decision on Launch Vehicle
Vulcan Aerospace expects to make a decision this fall on the rocket, or rockets, it plans to use with its Stratolaunch air-launch system as it reorients itself toward a promising-looking launch market for small satellites.
Paul Allen’s Vulcan Aerospace Ready To Stretch Its Wings
In 2014, Paul Allen formed Vulcan Aerospace to realize his vision of easing access and convenience to space, and made Stratolaunch Systems a subsidiary. Vulcan Aerospace plans to cut the cost of sending rockets to low Earth orbit.
Stratolaunch Considering Using Multiple Launch Vehicles
As it considers using the giant aircraft it is developing to launch several different types of launch vehicles, Stratolaunch Systems is pausing work on a crewed spacecraft.
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
