STRATOLAUNCH: A GIANT IN THE SKY
Fresh off its fifth flight of the biggest plane ever built, Stratolaunch is readying to test a hypersonic vehicle that will launch from the huge Roc carrier aircraft. The Mojave-based company has said that it has structurally completed the Talon-A test vehicle, known as TA-0. A future flight will release TA-0, which is unpowered, to assess Roc’s systems. “After completing TA-0 separation testing, the company will transition to flying its first hypersonic test vehicle, TA-1,” Stratolaunch stated. “The team has also started fabrication of a third vehicle, TA-2, the first fully reusable hypersonic test vehicle.”