Press Room

In the News

Stratolaunch Unlocks New Flight Capabilities for Roc Launch Platform

Stratolaunch announces it has successfully completed a series of envelope expansion flights for Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft, culminating in the achievement of a new operational altitude of 35,000 ft. and speed of Mach 0.63.

06-18-24 | Stratolaunch

In the News

Leveraging Public-Private Partnership to Meet the Hypersonic Challenge

04-30-24 | Defense News

Press Releases

Stratolaunch Celebrates First Powered Flight of TA-1 Test Vehicle

Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1. This first flight represents a major milestone in the development of the country's first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test capability.

03-09-24 | Stratolaunch

Press Releases

Stratolaunch Completes 2nd Captive Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle

Stratolaunch announces the completion of a second captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1. The flight was the thirteenth for the company’s launch platform Roc and the second in which the aircraft carried a Talon vehicle with live propellant aboard.

02-24-24 | Stratolaunch

In the News

Stratolaunch’s Roc set to launch Talon-A on first hypersonic flight

Stratolaunch's Talon-A could provide DoD with a reusable, more affordable platform to test and validate high-speed component, subsystems, and other technologies.

12-11-23 | Defense News/C4ISRNET

In the News

A Boeing 747 that flew for Virgin Orbit before its collapse has a new home with Stratolaunch

Hypersonic testing startup Stratolaunch has acquired a 22-year-old Boeing 747 named Spirit of Mojave. The jumbo jet previously flew as a satellite launch aircraft for Virgin Orbit, a spinoff company from Virgin Galactic. The 747 will operate alongside Stratolaunch's gigantic mothership plane called Roc.

12-09-23 | Business Insider

In the News

Stratolaunch Adds 747-400 To Air Launch Fleet

Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has inducted the former Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft into its air launch fleet at the company’s Mojave Air & Space Port base in California following repainting at nearby San Bernardino.

12-06-23 | Aviation Week and Space Technology

Press Releases

Stratolaunch Successfully Completes Captive Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle

Stratolaunch, LLC announces the completion of a captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1. The flight was the twelfth for the company’s launch platform Roc and the first in which the aircraft carried a Talon vehicle with live propellant as part of a buildup approach for Talon-A’s first powered flight.

12-03-23 | Stratolaunch