Mojave-based Stratolaunch raises capital to expand its hypersonic testing services. Discover what this means for the local ...

Stratolaunch has completed back-to-back launches of two Mach 5-plus, rocket-powered Talon-A vehicles from two different ...

High-altitude launch startup Stratolaunch has gone through some changes, but on Monday, it revealed design details of two hypersonic aircraft, along with a space plane, all designed to take-off from ...

Stratolaunch Roc aircraft carrying Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle. With a wingspan that stretches 385 feet, it’s the widest airplane in operation (Stratolaunch) Editor’s note: This story was updated ...

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will fund a second example of a reusable hypersonic flight vehicle built by American start-up Stratolaunch. Mojave, California-based Stratolaunch said on 12 ...

World’s Largest Aircraft Seen with Engines Running and New Test Payload at Mojave. A tip from one of the most accomplished spotters in the U.S. on Thursday, October 13, 2022, led TheAviationist to the ...

A Talon-A test vehicle separates from its launch system. (Ethan Wagner/Stratolaunch) Following a successful test flight in which its Talon-A vehicle reached near-hypersonic speeds, Stratolaunch is ...

Stratolaunch’s Talon-A lands on the runway at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in December 2024. (Stratolaunch) The Pentagon announced Monday that California-based firm Stratolaunch completed ...

Stratolaunch’s Roc launch platform carries the Talon-A separation test vehicle during its second captive-carry flight. (Gauntlet Aerospace / Christian Turner) Stratolaunch, the air-launch company ...

Stratolaunch says it will increase the pace of test flights of its Roc aircraft this year as it prepares for a first flight of a hypersonic vehicle before the end of the year. Credit: Stratolaunch ...

Stratolaunch’s twin-fuselage Roc airplane gets ready for its sixth flight test. (Stratolaunch Photo) Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier than ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct information about Roc’s fuselage design. MOJAVE, Calif. — In Middle Eastern mythology, the Roc is a large bird, strong enough to carry an elephant in ...