Falcon Small Launch Vehicle team promotes third test
The U.S. Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and AirLaunch LLC said Aug. 10 that they successfully dropped a full-scale simulated 72,000-pound rocket from an unmodified C-17A aircraft at an operational launch altitude of 32,000 feet and an air speed of 200 knots. The...
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