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World’s largest plane- Stratolaunch
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- Stratolaunch:(1) The mega jet, called Stratolaunch, carried out its maiden voyage over the Mojave desert.(2) It is designed to carry into space, and drop, a rocket that would in turn ignite to deploy satellites.
- flexibility in deploying satellites: It is supposed to provide a more flexible way to deploy satellites than vertical takeoff rockets because this way all that is needed is a long runway for takeoff.
- Biggest plane:(1) The aircraft is so big that its wing span is longer than a football field, or about 1.5 times that of an Airbus A380.(2) Specifically, the wing span is 117 metres while it is just under 80 metres for an Airbus A380.
- Top speed: It hit a top speed of 304 km per hour and reached an altitude of 17,000 feet (5,182 metres).
- Financing of project: Stratolaunch was financed by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft as a way to get into the market for launching small satellites. But Allen died in October of last year.
Source
The Hindu