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The Stratolaunch Carrier has just one flight under its belt, a 2.5-hour test flight that took place in April 2019. In August 2018, before Allen's death, Stratolaunch announced plans to use four different satellite-launching vehicles with the huge aircraft, including an orbital space plane. "Initial designs optimized for cargo launch, with a follow-on variant capable of transporting crew."īlack Ice doesn't come completely out of left field. "Black Ice is a fully reusable space plane that enables advanced on-orbit capabilities and cargo return," the company's website reads. The company is also developing the Talon-Z, about which it divulges little on the website, and another vehicle called Black Ice, which could end up flying some very interesting and ambitious missions, if everything goes according to Stratolaunch's plan. Talon-A isn't the end of the envisioned road for Stratolaunch, however. The huge dual-fuselage plane - which used to be called Roc, but is now apparently known as the Stratolaunch Carrier - will be able to haul three Talon-As aloft at a time, allowing the collection of lots of data, company representatives said. "It will also be capable of autonomous takeoff, under its own power, via a conventional runway." Talon-A "will conduct long-duration flight at high Mach, and glide back for an autonomous, horizontal landing on a conventional runway," Stratolaunch's description of the craft states. Stratolaunch's rocket carrier plane, the largest aircraft ever built, takes off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California during its first test flight on April 13, 2019.
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