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Stratolaunch confirms launch vehicle development plansby Jeff Foust — August 21, 2018
An illustration of the "family" of launch vehicles Stratolaunch plans to offer, from the existing Pegasus XL (left) to a potential reusable spaceplane (right.) Credit: StratolaunchWASHINGTON — Stratolaunch announced Aug. 20 that it is developing a family of vehicles, including a reusable spaceplane, that could launch from the giant aircraft it is developing.
In a statement, Stratolaunch said it will offer customers a range of launch vehicle options for missions starting in 2020 to place small and medium-sized payloads into low Earth orbit, confirming long-running speculation in the industry about the company’s plans.
Those vehicles, to be launched from the company’s giant aircraft, “will offer a flexible launch capability unlike any other,” said Jean Floyd, chief executive of Stratolaunch, in a statement. “Whatever the payload, whatever the orbit, getting your satellite into space will soon be as easy as booking an airline flight.”
That family of vehicles will start, at the small end, with the Pegasus XL rocket provided by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK), with launches beginning in 2020. Stratolaunch had announced an agreement with Orbital ATK in 2016 to use the Pegasus on its aircraft, with the ability to launch as many as three of the rockets on a single flight. (...)
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