article_snippet.sent: The Stratolaunch carrier aircraft will be powered by six 747-class engines, is currently being assembled at Mojave, California.
article_snippet.sent: The Stratolaunch Systems project was inspired by SpaceShipOne which won the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004 for becoming the first privately funded manned vehicle to reach space. '
article_snippet.sent: Stratolaunch's ability to launch from variable locations will enable satellites and humans to be efficiently inserted into humans most optimal orbit at a time of the customer's choosing,' Vulcan Aerospace president Chuck Beames who made a presentation in Colorado Springs this week wrote.
article_snippet.sent: The Stratolaunch carrier plane is on track to make The Stratolaunch carrier plane first test flight in 2016, according to Space.com.
article_snippet.sent: The Stratolaunch carrier plane is being developed by Orbital ATK, and the designs uses solid-fuel lower stages and an upper stage powered by RL-10 engines.
article_snippet.sent: An animation of the moment the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft delivers a rocket high into Earth's atmosphere before the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft goes into orbit .
article_snippet.sent: Stratolaunch could someday support several launch vehicles, Stratolaunch said.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, Stratolaunch said Stratolaunch is temporarily halting work on a crewed vehicle that would launch on the Orbital ATK booster.
article_snippet.sent: Stratolaunch added that Stratolaunch is deferring work on a crewed vehicle that would launch on the Orbital ATK booster to focus more heavily on getting the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft off the ground.
article_snippet.sent: Instead of a satellite, the Stratolaunch airplane could launch a Dream Chaser spaceship, which would be outfitted with an as-yet-unspecified upper-stage rocket motor. '
article_snippet.sent: Dream Chaser seemed to be the logical way to go,' Stratolaunch Executive Director Charles Beames said in October.
article_snippet.sent: Stratolaunch has produced computer-generated images and videos of The Stratolaunch carrier aircraft, but the TV footage was the first time images of the vehiclehave been shown.
article_snippet.sent: Stratolaunch has produced computer-generated images and videos of the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft, but the TV footage is the first time images of the vehicle have been shown .
highlights_snippet.sent: New company will look after the space programs of Stratolaunch Systems .
  