Source | Stratolaunch/Matt Hartman
Stratolaunch (Mojave, Calif., U.S.) announced that it has successfully completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1, a privately funded, reusable hypersonic test aircraft (see video below), after its separation from the composites-intensive launch platform, Roc.
Primary objectives for the flight test included accomplishing safe air-launch release of the TA-1 vehicle, engine ignition, acceleration, sustained climb in altitude and a controlled water landing.
“While I can’t share the specific altitude and speed TA-1 reached due to proprietary agreements with our customers, we are pleased to share that in addition to meeting all primary and customer objectives of the flight, we reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 and collected a great amount of data at an incredible value to our customers,” Dr. Zachary Krevor, president and CEO of Stratolaunch, says. “Our goal with this flight was to continue our risk reduction approach for TA-2’s first reusable flight and be steadfast on our commitment of delivering maximum value to our customers. We are excited to review the data from today’s test and use it as we plan our next steps toward TA-2’s first flight later this year.”
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