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gin Galactic’s spacecraft and will sell spacecraft to other buyers. The subor- bital launch system offered will include the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft and the White Knight Two carrier aircraft.
Stratolaunch Systems
Stratolaunch Systems, founded in 2010 as a collaboration between Burt Rutan and the late Microsoft co- founder Paul G. Allen, operates from the Mojave Air and Space Port.
The 385-foot-wide, twin-fuselage Stratolaunch aircraft — designed to serve as flying launch pad for rockets — has been undergoing high-speed taxi tests as a precursor to its first flight at Mojave. That first flight is expected sometime early this year.
The company announced in Janu- ary 2019 that, while it would continue work on the world’s largest aircraft, it is discontinuing its programs to de- velop a new type of rocket engine and a new line of rockets.
“Stratolaunch is ending the develop- ment of their family of launch vehicles and rocket engine. We are streamlin- ing operations, focusing on the aircraft and our ability to support a demonstra- tion launch of the Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL air-launch vehicle,” the company said in a statement. “We are immensely proud of what we have ac- complished and look forward to first flight in 2019.”
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The Stratolaunch aircraft undergoes a taxi test at the Mojave Air and Space Port.
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