The company will conduct a captive carry and vehicle flight test later this year.
The company also released images of the TA-0 attached to Roc's pylon on the center wing, to give an idea of what it will look like while in flight.The pylon hardware is a release mechanism that was first introduced for Roc'son May 4. It is made up of a mini-wing and adapter made with aluminum and carbon fiber skins. It weighs roughly 8,000 lbs and takes up roughly 14 feet of Roc's 95-foot center wingspan.
The structure also features a winch system that helps operators load the Talon-A onto the platform faster from the ground, reducing the need for ground support and speeding up operations."We're proud to reveal our first test vehicle to the public and our key stakeholders. TA-0 represents the immense progress our company has made toward hypersonic flight in a short period of time," said Dr., Chief Executive Officer and President at Stratolaunch.
Talon-A is only a prototype test vehicle and it will not be powered in flight. Instead, it will be used to test and analyze the aerodynamics of future launch vehicles that will have autonomous capabilities and will use rocket propulsion to reach speeds above Mach 5.Stratolaunch will continue to conduct integration testing over the coming months before carrying out a captive carry and vehicle flight test later this year.
If all goes to plan, it will be helping to usher in a new era of hypersonic spaceflight that would allow military and commercial vehicles to travel at unprecedented speeds.announced a partnershipArgonne National Laboratory to help it test and develop hypersonic aircraft that could eventually travel between London and New York
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