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Stratolaunch designed and developed the first and only commercial, autonomous, reusable hypersonic aircraft and has achieved multiple successful flights demonstrating its concept of operations.
Ursa Major's bookings include government and commercial partnerships with the U.S. Department of War, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Stratolaunch, and BAE Systems.
Stratolaunch is using TA-1 testing to continue risk reduction for TA-2’s first reusable flight and plans TA-2’s first flight later 2024.
Stratolaunch is beginning modifications to the Spirit of Mojave, an additional launch platform that is a modified Boeing 747-400.
Stratolaunch completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle TA-1.
TA-1 took off attached to Stratolaunch’s Roc aircraft from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 10:17 a.m. Eastern.
Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon vehicle on 2025-03-09.
Stratolaunch is modifying a Boeing 747 acquired in Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy auction to serve as a second air-launch platform.
Stratolaunch operates a giant aircraft that is a modified double-fuselage Boeing 747-400 serving as a mobile launchpad.
The 2024-03-09 test off the coast of California over the Pacific Ocean was the first powered flight of Stratolaunch’s Talon hypersonic test vehicle.
After Paul Allen’s 2018 death, Stratolaunch dropped plans for its own launch vehicle, was later sold to private equity firm Cerberus, and in 2020 refocused on developing hypersonic vehicles air-launched by Roc.
Ursa Major's Hadley engine successfully flew for the first time powering a Stratolaunch hypersonic test vehicle on 2024-03-09.
Stratolaunch’s Talon hypersonic test vehicle reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 during the 2024-03-09 flight.
Ursa Major is producing about 30 Hadley engines per year, each with 2,268 kg of thrust, for the U.S. Air Force and commercial customers including Phantom Space and Stratolaunch.
Stratolaunch acquired Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 and related equipment at the 2023-05-22 auction.
Stratolaunch received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to acquire Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 and its related parts and equipment.
The acquisition of Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 by Stratolaunch is expected to close by 2023-07-31.
Stratolaunch will repurpose the acquired modified Boeing 747 as a launch platform for its Talon-A reusable hypersonic testbeds upon closing of the acquisition.
Stratolaunch currently operates its custom-designed Roc aircraft as a launch platform for hypersonic vehicles it is developing.
Stratolaunch submitted a $17,000,000 stalking-horse bid for Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 and related equipment.