{"id":19699,"date":"2013-06-21T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T15:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/video-heres-how-paul-allens-massive-stratolaunch-aircraft-will-launch-rockets-into-orbit\/"},"modified":"2013-06-21T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T15:21:16","slug":"video-heres-how-paul-allens-massive-stratolaunch-aircraft-will-launch-rockets-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/video-heres-how-paul-allens-massive-stratolaunch-aircraft-will-launch-rockets-into-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Here\u2019s how Paul Allen\u2019s massive Stratolaunch aircraft will launch rockets into orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YgJFKUiuDBE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stratolaunch Systems, the commercial space venture backed by Paul Allen, has published a new video showing how it plans to send rockets into the sky with the world\u2019s largest plane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-101559\" alt=\"stratolaunchlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stratolaunchlogo-300x109.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stratolaunchlogo-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stratolaunchlogo-200x72.png 200w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stratolaunchlogo.png 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">The video shows the aircraft, with its six 747 engines and a wingspan greater than the length of a football field,&nbsp;sporting an Orbitial Sciences Corp. logo. Stratolaunch, which is based in Huntsville, Ala.,&nbsp;officially tapped Orbital&nbsp;to build the rocket system after cutting ties with SpaceX&nbsp;last December.<\/p>\n<p>The rockets, which launch into space from 30,000 feet in the air, were originally slated to be derivatives of SpaceX\u2019s signature Falcon 9 rockets, which were used to launch the Dragon capsule into orbit on the first commercial supply mission to the International Space Station last year. Now, though, Stratolaunch has found a new partner in Orbital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy selecting Orbital as a key member of its team, Stratolaunch has employed the world\u2019s expert in airlaunch systems to orbit, having pioneered the small-class Pegasus rocket over 20 years ago, which,&nbsp;together with derivative air-launch vehicles, have carried out over 50 missions for government and&nbsp;commercial customers,\u201d Orbital Executive VP Frank Culbertson said in press release.<\/p>\n<p>The carrier is&nbsp;expected to be operational&nbsp;by 2016 and greatly reduce the cost of access to outer space for payloads, and eventually, maybe people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previously on GeekWire: Paul Allen\u2019s Stratolaunch opens giant hangar for world\u2019s largest aircraft<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stratolaunch Systems, the commercial space venture backed by Paul Allen, has published a new video showing how it plans to send rockets into the sky with the world\u2019s largest plane. The video shows the aircraft, with its six 747 engines and a wingspan greater than the length of a football field,&nbsp;sporting an Orbitial Sciences Corp. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2672,2489],"class_list":["post-19699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-paul-allen","tag-stratolaunch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}