The Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch or Roc is an aircraft built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) rockets, and subsequently repurposed to offer air launch hypersonic flight testing after a change of ownership.

The Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch or Roc is the world’s largest operating aircraft built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) rockets, and subsequently repurposed to offer air launch hypersonic flight testing after a …

2019年4月13日 · Since 2012, we've been designing, building, and testing the world's largest composite aircraft for Stratolaunch, a Paul G. Allen company. The goal of this mobile launch system is to make orbital access to space more convenient, reliable, and routine.

2024年12月1日 · According to Scaled Composites, Stratolaunch or Roc's goal is to be a mobile launch system that makes "orbital access to space more convenient, reliable, and routine." It was originally built to carry air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) rockets (satellites).

2023年5月19日 · Scaled Composites Stratolaunch. As befitting an aviation giant envisaged to carry and launch a massive space rocket into orbit from a very high altitude, the Stratolaunch is a gigantic aircraft and one of the biggest aerial vehicles ever constructed.

What is Stratolaunch? The Stratolaunch Carrier, also known as “Roc”, was originally designed and built by Scaled Composites and is the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan.

Nicknamed ‘Roc’ after a giant bird in Arabian mythology, the Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft (N351SL) is perhaps the most distinctive aircraft flying today. At 114.3m, its wingspan is the widest of any aeroplane ever built.

2020年5月6日 · The Stratolaunch aircraft (full name the Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch) is a colossal aircraft capable of carrying rockets between its twin-fuselages. Using the power of its six Boeing 747 Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines, the aircraft platform can climb up to a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (11,000 m) to launch a rocket into outer space.

2019年4月14日 · That title fell this weekend as the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch took flight over the Mojave Desert. Sporting a twin fuselage configuration, the Stratolaunch design is unmistakable. The wingspan stretches an incredible 385 feet, besting the …

The carrier aircraft, built by Scaled Composites, weighs more than 1.2 million pounds and has a wingspan of 385 feet – greater than the length of a football field. Using six 747 engines, the carrier aircraft will be the largest aircraft ever constructed.