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Stratolaunch Roc

19/02/2026Press Release:
TalonA-2 Hypersonic Flight Landing Recovery		Stratolaunch announces $90.8M contract award under MACH-TB 2.0 Task 3 for air-launched capability test vehicles
08/05/2025News:
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 completes its first autonomous landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Stratolaunch makes second hypersonic flight and successful recovery

The TA-2 vehicle exceeded Mach 5 again in March 2025, confirming reusability and advancing the goals of the MACH-TB programme.

07/12/2023News:
Stratolaunch's Roc launch platform and Talon-A 1 (TA-1) hypersonic testbed take off for their first integrated captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Space Port on Dec. 3, 2023.

Stratolaunch completes captive carry flight with TA-1 test vehicle

While the company had conducted several successful ground tests fueling and igniting the system, it needed to evaluate how the system performs in the flight environment prior to release.

13/05/2023Press Release:
Stratolaunch successfully releases the Talon-0 (TA-0) separation test vehicle from its Roc air launch platform on May 13, 2023.		Stratolaunch successfully completes separation test of Talon-A vehicle
01/04/2023Press Release:
Stratolaunch's Roc launch aircraft takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port on its tenth flight and third captive carry with the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-1, on April 1, 2023.		Stratolaunch completes third captive carry flight with Talon-A vehicle

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