![]() "So, all primary objectives, secondary objectives, tertiary objectives - everything was accomplished," he said. "We got to watch it set up for a mock landing and eventually touch down on the water," Scott Schultz, Stratolaunch's senior director of engineering, said on today's call, referring to Talon-0. But the vehicle did perform a variety of gliding maneuvers and continued sending telemetry back to the mission team until it hit the water, in a destructive impact that was all part of Saturday's flight plan. Talon-0 isn't equipped with an engine, so it didn't make a powered flight on Saturday. The giant plane headed west, eventually dropping Talon-0 when it was off California's central coast. Roc, which has a wingspan longer than a football field, carried the company's Talon-0 separation test vehicle between its twin fuselages. ![]() local time, Stratolaunch representatives said, kicking off the plane's 11th test flight. Roc lifted off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California on Saturday a little after 9 a.m. (Image credit: Stratolaunch/Christian Turner)
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