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The world’s largest airplane may launch a new space shuttle into orbit
As Stratolaunch Systems Corp. has rolled its super-massive aircraft out of the hangar during the last year and performed some ground-based tests, there has been one big unanswered question—what is the purpose of building the largest airplane in the world? Yes, the company had signed an agreement with Orbital ATK, a Dulles, Virginia-based company, for its aircraft to serve as the first stage for launching Pegasus XL rockets from the air. But these are relatively small rockets, with a diameter of… (arstechnica.com) Altro...
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I like the idea, looks good. One question that they don't mention is altitude, how high will it go. Most airliners go up to 41,000 with some corporate going to 47,000... I wonder if this will get closer to the atmosphere like the SR-71 BlackBird? Would love to see more specs on it.
Eventually it might
Building a new space plane from the ground up would likely require multiple years and hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars
Well See!