Stratolaunch conducts first powered flight of new hypersonic vehicle off California coast

LOS ANGELES — U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch conducted the first powered test flight of a new unmanned craft for hypersonic research on Saturday and called it a success.Chief Executive Officer Zachary Krevor said in a statement that the Talon-A-1 vehicle “reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 and collected a great amount of data at an incredible value to our customers.

The Talon, powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine, ended its flight by descending into the ocean as planned. While this Talon was expendable, a future version will be capable of landing on a runway for reuse. Stratolaunch said the primary objectives for the flight included a safe air-launch release of the vehicle, engine ignition, acceleration, sustained climb in altitude, and a controlled water landing.Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George GascónThe company called the result a major milestone in the development of the United States’ first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test capability.

It was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019.That project was canceled, and new owners then repurposed Stratolaunch for launches of reusable hypersonic research vehicles. Stratolaunch has announced flight contracts with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Navy’s Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed program as a subcontractor to technology company Leidos of Reston, Virginia.

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