Stratolaunch may have been revived from its near-death experience. Apparently they have found new investors and have "transitioned ownership" as they put it.
https://www.stratolaunch.com/2019/10/11/...ownership/
https://twitter.com/Stratolaunch/status/...4886912000
https://twitter.com/NicolaPecile/status/...9073793025
Activity has been observed around the Stratolaunch hanger, the doors have been opened and people are working there.
And the company is looking to hire new test pilots.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?cu...rect=false
Everyone is wondering who the new investors are.
If Roc is back, the same question as before remains: What will its payload be? It could carry a rocket on the scale of Rocketlab's electron, I guess. (There are several of these sized rockets in development by various companies.) And air launching an Electron might allow it to launch larger payloads or save enough fuel to permit a reentry burn to slow the thing down for its planned parachute recovery.
Everyone is (cautiously) happy in Mohave.
https://www.stratolaunch.com/2019/10/11/...ownership/
https://twitter.com/Stratolaunch/status/...4886912000
https://twitter.com/NicolaPecile/status/...9073793025
Activity has been observed around the Stratolaunch hanger, the doors have been opened and people are working there.
And the company is looking to hire new test pilots.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?cu...rect=false
Everyone is wondering who the new investors are.
If Roc is back, the same question as before remains: What will its payload be? It could carry a rocket on the scale of Rocketlab's electron, I guess. (There are several of these sized rockets in development by various companies.) And air launching an Electron might allow it to launch larger payloads or save enough fuel to permit a reentry burn to slow the thing down for its planned parachute recovery.
Everyone is (cautiously) happy in Mohave.