Stratolaunch Readies to Validate Release Systems and Separation Dynamics
Stratolaunch, the Seattle-based aerospace company, has debuted a prototype of its Talon-A separation test aircraft. Stratolaunch states in a press release that it will use the prototype to test and validate its carrier aircraft release system and study separation dynamics. Subject tests will be conducted in advance of powered tests to be carried out by a successor prototype dubbed TA-1, which will attempt actual hypersonic flight later this year. The term hypersonic describes vehicles or missiles capable of traveling in excess of Mach 5–which is to say, five-times the speed of sound.
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